This 15 day East Africa Safari through Tanzania and Kenya tugged at the heart strings, as well as made my heart race with exciting encounters.
Highlight was a hot air balloon over the Serengeti during the migration, and "kissing" a rescued giraffe.
African Safaris are more about feasting on experiences rather than exotic cuisines leaving you wanting to "taste more".
A warm welcome on arrival at my hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. From now on my bed would be much lower to the ground - camping.
My travel buddy Ron made friends wherever we went.
The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 7,000 kilometres in total length, that runs from the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon which is in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa
Astronauts say it is the most significant physical
detail on the planet that is visible from space.
Today was all about the children we met at a local orphanage.
These youngsters are so proud of the vegetables they grow
and are served to guests in the dining room.
I think I left a piece of my heart here.
At the end of an emotional day we enjoyed a huge
cook up at the campsite prior to an early departure in the morning.
Today our cameras were kept very busy trying to capture the prolific wildlife surrounding us
including a very large rhino which kept coming closer and closer.
including a very large rhino which kept coming closer and closer.
Makalia Falls in Nakuru National Park, Kenya
A visit to the home of Joy Adams of Born Free fame
It was in this vehicle George Adams was attacked and killed
As this sign indicates Hippo are present in this area as we head out onto the
lake to see if we can spot any and also meet some of the local fishermen
Local "businesses"
An early start for our exciting hot air balloon journey over the Serengeti
with breakfast waiting for us when we land.
Our English Pilot presented me with my Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Certificate
A welcome to Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya
Invited into their cow dung clad home
Witness their remarkable dancing during which they jump vertically over a metre
Planking is a technique used often to get the
best photographic angles of wildlife close by
My travel buddy Ron meets the Maasai Chief
This sign is meant to read "animal may attack human being"
One of my fellow passengers was so excited to locate this rarely seen chameleon that she forgot the rules of making contact with wildlife in a National Park
and found herself paying a steep $US250 fine or forfeit her passport. Ouch!!
A warrior very proud of his decorations
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is in northern Tanzania. It’s home to the vast, volcanic Ngorongoro Crater and “big 5” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino). Huge herds of wildebeests and zebras traverse its plains during their annual migration. Livestock belonging to the semi-nomadic Maasai tribe graze alongside wild animals. Hominin fossils found in the Olduvai Gorge date back millions of years.
Where lions sleep wherever they feel like it, and Zebra Crossings are real.
A visit to The School of St Jude in Tanzania founded by Australian Gemma Sisia.
It's a free private school for Tanzanian children run through sponsorship.
In the distance Mount Kilimanjaro
Another highlight for me was a visit to a Giraffe Refuge Centre.
Had the experience of "Kissing" a giraffe ..... unforgettable, yet a little uncomfortable.
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