Safari

The safari was so incredible. I took tons of pics and videos. I saw a cheetah! (that was the only one of the big 5 I hadn't seen from the last safari but I think the Tanzanian big 5 is different b/c in their it is the leopard.

We saw a baby elephant panic b/c he couldn't find his mom and trumpet for her. She came running and then saw us and thought we were trying to hurt him - so we sped off !

We stalked a lioness stalking a heard of zebra and wildebeest until she decided to sleep instead of hunt. Lions sleep like nothing in the world can hurt them. We saw a male lion on his back Chillin'.

I almost got "attacked" by a baboon. We stopped at a picnic spot and I was filming an elephant getting water when baboons came up and I started filming them as some of the others ran (I was further than they were so I didn't ) then I started running as the baboon jumped to the table next to me - he followed and jumped to the tree right beside me, I turned and looked and we were looking at each other me into yellow him into brown eyes. I was like (umm am I suppsed to look animals in the eye ?) Chris yells "Don't Move!" So in mid run I'm frozen and laughing until Musa comes out with a rock to chase the baboon away. It was hilarious.

We saw tons of beautiful birds as well and I kept a list as best I could of all the things we saw and here it goes: OK I'm running out of time but will edit this post with the list next time....


Hippo, Elephant, Cheetah, Warte Hog, Lion


Leopard turtle, Giraffe, black rhino, buffalo
jackal, dwarf mongoose

Birds:
black bellied bustard, crown crane, blacksmith clover, sacred ibis, kato ingrid, pelican, kori bustard, ostrich, Augur Buzzard, black shouldered kite, vulture, African Drongo, Egyptian goose, helmeted guinea fowl,silver -cheeked hornbill, kingfisher, bee eater, palm nut, dove,grey headed hornbill, lilac breasted roller, red billed hornbill, yellow fronted spurfowl, magpie shrike (bird of prey that uses a needle from the keshu tree to kill mice), white bearded kuku ( parasite nester), commone partinicole, Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk, Marabo stork, eagle, Rueppelle's griffon vulture, yellow colored love birds, green wood hoopoe, white headed buffalo weaver

Deer family:
impala
grant and thomas gazelles
bushback
common waterbuck
dikdik
harte beast
wildebeast
zebra


Monkey:
black faced monkey
baboon