Another great thing that we were able to share with the Adams while they were here was a safari out to the Maasai Mara. We stayed in the
Naboisho Conservancy at a tented camp called
Kicheche Valley Camp. The camp was amazing, with great views down into the savannah plains, and excellent service and food!
Here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip; if you're interested in the rest,
here's a link.
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| Us in our family tent. |
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| Here's where we ate most of our meals. It was so nice! |
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| The girls loved looking through the 100 year old telescope down into the valley. |
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| We saw a lot of baby topis on this trip (an adult is in the background). |
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| Lounging jackal. |
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| Audrey pointing out wildlife to Cecily. |
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| The "Five Brothers": a group of five male cheetahs that hunt together. Having more than 3 together is very rare! |
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| Johnathan; just to give you an idea of how close we were. |
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| Will |
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| Chuck |
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| The girls loved having breakfast in the bush! |
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| Ainsley, Claire, and the hitchhiking tree branch! |
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Hippo water is stinky! Cecily made her first joke: we were asking her what sounds various animals make, and when we
asked her what sound hippos make, she just said, "poop." |
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| Cape buffalo |
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| Lion among the elephants. |
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| Baby grinning! |
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We saw vultures circling, went to check it out, and found them eating a dead topi. A hyena also found them, and
chased them off before he started in. |
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| His eating habits were rather messy... |
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Then about 6 lions showed up and claimed the rest for themselves.
They mostly just sniffed at it and then guarded it for later. |
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| We went to see a hyena den, and a baby poked his head out to see who we were. |
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Cecily drove our van for a bit. Another cool thing for the girls was that we had Evelyn, a female guide in training,
in our vehicle as a spotter to help Francis, our guide. |
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| A rare Egyptian Vulture. They've just started seeing a couple for the first time in about 10 years. |
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| Lions, jackals, and hyenas all wanted a piece of this wildebeest. |
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The lions didn't mind the jackals since they don't eat much. Also, notice that one of the lions has a tracking collar on him.
They use the collars to track their movements and territories. |
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| Safari, we love you! |
