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Africa Vacation Part 1
Kenya: Amboseli, Porini, Masai Mara
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Maya and Hari at Amboseli, walking to lunch at the top of the hill carrying a ton of camera gear!
Hari's pose for 2 weeks in Africa, either lying down on the seat waiting for the next shot or standing up looking over the top of the open roofed landrover
Refreshments in the middle of the wild, our guides stopped in the middle of nowhere and set this up for us
A typical safari plane, we took half a dozen of flights going from camp to camp on these
Grey Crowned Crane, the national bird of Kenya
Our tent at Porini
Thompson Gazelle
Vultures enjoying a snack
Cape Buffalo , our first sighting of one of the big 5. This was a bachelor, they are pretty aggressive and even chase off lions if they have a pack.
Spotted hyena enjoying a mid day cooling bath, at Amboseli
Manoj, Preeta and Maya, on the walking safari with our Masai guides
Maya and Preeta, walking safari approaching Giraffes
Jackal
Spotted hyena cub
Charlies Angels Giraffe Squad
"I'm the King! Well, in a few years I will be King!"
Elephant herd at Masai Mara
Black Rhino @ Masai Mara, rare sighting of one of the big 5, there are only about 20 left in all of the Mara
Our hotel at Masai Mara, rear view overlooking the Mara
Dawn view from our room in Masai Mara
The Masai Mara airstrip. No checkin lines, no security, heck not even a starbucks! There's no airport staff at all, you just wait there when your plane is supposed to come in.
Zebra at Masai Mara
This pair of mating lions kept us up all night with their roaring
We were lucky again to see Zebra migrating, and crossing this river
Suddenly a crocodile lunges out of the water and grabs one of the Zebra
The crocodile pulls the Zebra underwater, spinning and trying to drown it
Zebra almost fights free but at the last minute the crocodile grabs it's tail
Another croc grabs the Zebra
And it's all over...
Last shot of the Zebra before it disappears forever
Rare tree climbing lions. There are several in Lake Manyara that climb really high to get at the breeze and scope out game. These guys were on a fallen tree so I don't know if they are real tree climbers.
Cheetah and her cub