Saturday, June 29, 2024
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| Giraffa tippelskirchi/Maasai Giraffe (KSS) |
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The morning game drive began at 6:15 and included
a bush breakfast; the safari vehicle was equipped with
a folding table and camp stools! |
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| Egg and corn fritter, bacon, sausage, and a pancake |
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| Giraffe and Tragelaphus oryx/Elands (KSS) |
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| Giraffes and Phacochoerus africanus/Warthogs |
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Although considered one of the Ugly Five, we began to
consider the warthog as kind of cute; and everyone here
calls them "Pumba," Swahili for silly or foolish,
the name given to the warthog in Disney's Lion King |
The Ugly Five are hyena, warthog, wildebeest, Marabou stork, and white-headed vulture.
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The domestic cattle appear to be a type of
Small East African Zebu cattle breed (KSS) |
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| Equus quagga/Plains Zebras |
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| Balearica regulorum/Grey Crowned Crane |
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A male Loxodonta africana/African Bush Elephant;
how can you tell he is male - he is alone |
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| Today lunch was a cheeseburger and "fries" |
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| Handmade strawberry ice cream |
Afternoon game drive:
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Sagittarius serpentarius/Secretary Bird;
here you can see the long tail feathers |
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| Secretary Bird; here you can see the head feathers |
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| A real dazzle of zebras (KSS) |
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| I usually do not like to take a photo of animal rear ends |
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| Vachellia tortilis/Umbrella Thorn Trees |
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| Lamprotornis nitens/Cape Starling (KSS) |
We would also see Egyptian geese, guineafowl, grey herons, white-crowned lapwings, a grey-headed bushshrike, red-billed oxpecker, Marico flycatcher, and a white-browed robin chat.
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| Panthera leo/Lions relaxing (KSS) |
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Damaliscus lunatus jimela/Topi
aka "Blue jeans with yellow socks" |
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| More topis (KSS) |
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| Elephant moms and babies |
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| Giraffes seemed to always walk in a very spread out line (KSS) |
We would also see vervet monkeys, hyenas, hartebeest, wildebeests, Thomson's gazelles, Grant's gazelles, bush duiker, and Cape buffalo.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
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| Cossypha heuglini/White-browed Robin Chat |
We would also see Egyptian geese, Swainson's spurfowl, Cape turtle doves, white-bellied bustard, white-crowned lapwings, secretary bird, white-headed buffalo weaver, African red-eyed bulbul, superb starlings, and southern ant-eating chat.
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Today we went on a walking safari, led by a ranger with
a rifle and a Maasai with a spear, then our safari guide,
followed by another Maasai with a spear |
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| We had to watch our step on the rocky uneven ground |
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| Rocky ground |
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| Lichens |
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The smallest antelope (Sylvicapra grimmia/Bush Duiker)
has the smallest poop |
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| Peltophorum africanum/Snouted Termite mound |
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After startling us by tossing a stone into a hole
resulting in a warthog storming out, the ranger
and Maasai check out another hole |
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The Maasai cut walking sticks for us, and
here we trudge through knee-high grass |
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| Crossandra subacaulis |
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| Datura stramonium/Thorn Apple is toxic (KSS) |
We would also see a scrub hare, banded mongooses, hyenas, zebras, impalas, wildebeests, topis, Thomson's gazelles, giraffes, and warthogs.
Next: Getting to Tanzania.
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