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 …
Lilac-Breasted Roller
The lilac-breasted roller is the national bird of Kenya and is a common bird on the African savannah. Besides Kenya, it is quite common in Zimbabwe, Botswana, northeastern South Africa, and much of Namibia, excluding the Namib Desert. It is very colorful and actually has 8 different colors - green, white, black, yellow, turquoise, dark …
Crossing No. 4 – Part 4 – Chaos
A crossing gets very chaotic with wildebeest jumping in the water, landing on each other, and going as fast as they can to get to the other side. I'm surprised we didn't see more injuries than we did.
Crossing No. 4 – Part 3
More of the wildebeest crossing. Another name for the wildebeest is a "gnu." But then you probably already "gnu" that. Not that funny, I guess.
