Jambo Dear Friends,

Today I want to share our Safari that my team from Venice Church of the Nazarene and I took for 3 days.
It was far too short as there is so much to see and there was no rest. Up at 6:00 every morning to get out there to see what happened last night as that is when the lions make there kill and also everything is waking up and starting to move.

Here is part of the team as we are leaving for a morning Safari.

The mornings are cool and the weather the entire trip was beautiful except for the day we got there. At 4:00 pm went out to see what was out there and we ran into a pride of lioness that were looking at a very large herd of cape buffalo. They couldn't make up there mind which one to target but kept inching up. Two of them were the leaders I presume and were at the ends of the others further ahead of the others.

                                                           Then the rain came and I think it dampened there spirits and ours also. It got very cold so we finally left them still looking hungrily at the herd. 
Our guide said this is a rarity to see a whole pride of lionesses like this. In all I counted 8 of them.  Of course there was not a male in site as they let the women do all the work and then show up to eat.

It seemed like this whole Safari  was a series of rare sightings. The next we saw was a whole family of elephants the youngest was about 2 weeks old and so cute.

In this whole family there were about 8 some teens and some kids. Then of course this baby.

Next was a and I am not sure of the term but will say a group of giraffes. This again our driver said was a rare sighting to see this many in one area. There were 16 and I could only get 14 in my lens and we were a ways away when we saw them. Again look at the sizes in all ages. AMAZING!




The air was quite dusty as the winds were blowing at about 20 mph and made the air smoggy.

They are so graceful and beautiful. All of these giraffes are Masai. There are 3 different giraffes and are found in different parts of Kenya.
I love there eye lashes, they are so long. Down below you can see the Masai pattern.










Next was a cheetah that had made a kill . Of course the cheetah is the fasts animal and no one is going to out run it, as is proof in this picture. I think this was a Giselle.

What a beautiful creature and look at the  muscle in the top of the leg and shoulders.

You feel so at peace out here with the stillness of the plains and the silence of the animals. We saw acres of savanna grass that waved in the breezes and looked like a sea of waves.  God is so creative. 

Vulture

 Below is a truly unusual sighting. I have looked for
what this is as there were more than one which would have
been a form of albino which they call leucism. I found a
possible connection to the Hanadryas Baboon and it looks like
this is it. The only problem is that it is not suppose to be
in this area.  They were with a whole family of about 12 and the white one was huge. Notice the baby under the mother. That is the other
characteristic, the baby is born brown and then turns blonde.

Lilac Breasted Roller

Baby Vervet Monkey

Adult Vervet Monkey

 What they have in there hands is sugar cane. Dave on our team stopped to buy some and thought the monkeys would like it. Oh boy did they!

Monarch Lizard

Helmeted Guineafowl

The lizard was in the back of our lodge sunning himself. He is
                                                          about 4' long and quite husky.

Here I am becoming a Masai Warrior or something funny looking. We did have a good time with them. 

This was at the Masai Village at Masai Mara .
We were introducing ourselves around and someone said this is Sharon and I turned and they were talking about the other Sharon. I asked if it was her Christian name and she said no it was her given name. Which I find hard to believe as they all I think have Masai names.






We were ending our Safari one night and coming home a  dusk and spotted this strange cat. Our driver right away said it is a Serval Cat and very rare which when I looked it up he is right. They are not on the endangered list yet but if things don't change and they make an effort to save them it could be soon that they will be extinct. They can run 50 mph and leap horizontally 12'.


Well dear followers I will say La La Salama until next time. Remember to look around you for Gods creations no matter where you are. They are there and oh so beautiful ! We were so blessed to see so many unusual animals and have this time with nature.

Bless You All,
Sharon