We had just one black rhino sighting while we were in Africa. In the mid-1900's, black rhinos were plentiful. In the 1960's settlers killed off a large number of the rhino population. By 1970, there were an estimated 65,000 black rhinos that could be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. But in eastern Africa, 90 percent of …
Up and Away
Going up in a hot-air balloon has been on my bucket list all of my life. So when the opportunity presented itself on our trip to Kenya, I jumped at the chance. What better place to fly then over the Masai Mara? We had a 3:45 a.m. wakeup call and were driven to the field …
Mama and Cubs
The cubs spent a lot of time crawling over mom and playing. When it came time to eat, they joined her.
Fierce
The little lion cubs tried to show us how fierce they were. They were playing in front of our vehicles when one stopped and "roared" at us . . . although it was more of a squeak than a roar. They were so darn cute.
Lioness and Cubs
One afternoon we went near the Kenya/Tanzania border hoping to find a pair of cheetah brothers who had been known to travel in that area. No luck finding them, but we did find a lioness and her three small cubs. They were the cutest little things and they were all over mom. We spent quite …
