We had two days of mountain gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and each day we were set to visit a different family. There are 12 gorilla families in the area, but that number can change if a silverback leaves a family to start a new family. The forest borders Rwanda and the Democratic […]
Read more "Uganda – Mubare Family of Mountain Gorillas"Our first stop in Uganda was the Kibale Forest National Park to see the chimpanzees. There are lots of chimpanzees living in the forest that have become habituated to humans. This is a process that can take many years and is achieved by researchers and other groups of humans spending time in their presence. Over […]
Read more "Uganda – Chimpanzees in the Kibale Forest"This ended up being a super eventful day for us – we watched the three cheetah brothers hunt a zebra! We started the day with a beautiful sunrise and then we went off to find the brothers. We knew they were hungry, so we followed them as they stalked along the plains looking for a […]
Read more "Kenya Day Eight – Maasai Mara"The Maasai Mara is a protected game reserve divided into three sections. All three sections make up about 580 square miles of land, which is about half the size of Yosemite National Park! The first part of our stay in the Mara was in the Mara Triangle, which is in the western part of the […]
Read more "Kenya Day Seven – Maasai Mara"This was the day that we saw what we came for – The Great Migration! We started the day with a beautiful sunrise at our camp before we left. Before we got to the river crossing, we saw one of our leopard friends from the day before. When we pulled up to the river, it […]
Read more "Kenya Day Six – Maasai Mara"We spent our last morning in Amboseli driving around one last time. We got one last sneak peek of Mount Kilimanjaro and enjoyed watching some more flamingos. After we watched the flamingos, we started driving to see what else was going on and noticed a hyena running purposefully across the plain. Our driver said that […]
Read more "Kenya Day Four – Amboseli National Park & Maasai Mara"After my last blog post, I continued to edit what I thought were the next day’s photos. However, since I had two cameras with me and the time/date was set to California time, when the pictures downloaded to my computer, the days actually overlapped! I edit pictures by the day instead of all at once, […]
Read more "Kenya Day Three (Cont…) – Amboseli National Park"The first part of our Kenyan safari began in Amboseli National Park, which is located in the southern part of Kenya along the Tanzanian border. The park offers an amazing view of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is located in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world and the tallest mountain in Africa. […]
Read more "Kenya Days Two and Three – Amboseli National Park"Our first day in Kenya was a down day of sorts to allow us to rest and get acclimated to the new time. We had gotten into Nairobi late at night, so we were happy to have a restful morning! We started the day with a visit to the Nairobi National Museum, which allowed us […]
Read more "Kenya Day One – Nairobi"Back in February, Mike and I went to the JAB Canid Education and Conservation Center (JABCECC) to meet and learn about foxes. This place was actually very close to the California Wolf Center that Mike and I visited a few years ago. However, much like the wolves, Mike and I didn’t realize how much we […]
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