Lee & Elder Olsen at the giraffe sanctuary... |
Wart hogs are prehistoric-looking creatures... |
Baby elephants, on the other hand, are adorable and funny. |
Lee couldn't take his eyes off the elephants. These Elephants have been orphaned because of poaching. They are kept safe until they are about three years old and then re-introduced into the wild. |
Women wear the most unique hair styles here...They are very creative. This young women was beautiful. |
After they are fed huge bottles of milk, these elephants play a while and then go back into the bush and another group comes out to be fed. They are funny...flappy ears and playful trunks. |
Now we are at the Nairobi Game Park. It covers a huge area and the animals live in the wild. They are not fed so they hunt and forage for themselves. |
Vultures in the treetops. |
Zebras were everywhere. |
Not sure what this was called, but it was very large and there were many of them. |
This is a water buffalo and he was standing right next to the road. |
Ostrich eggs hold the equivalent of two dozen chicken eggs. |
There were many giraffes....beautiful! |
Helloooooo! |
There was a family of baboons next to the road....funny to watch. |
Tatonka Lee with a collection of skulls..turtle, zebra, antelope, gazelle, rhino, water buffalo, giraffe, etc. |
Lee was seized by a hippo and it hurt a lot... |
This was one of the few places you are encouraged to get out of your car. We went for a short hike with a guide who carried a rifle. He told us this crocodile opens his mouth to cool his body. |
This baby crocodile was a ways down the river bank from the grown one. |
Amazing... |
Pictures do not do justice, but imagine this huge horizon with this giraffe standing on top of the hill...it was beautiful. |
It's hard to see, but there were three male lions sleeping about 20' from the road. |
10,000 feet is pretty high, but nothing much for a pair of seasoned marathoners from the rockies I'm sure. I just hiked the tallest peak in Southern Cal (San Gorgonio) and it is 10,500. Hope you Dean are doing well!
ReplyDeleteWow! Wow! Wow! Amazing pictures!
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