During our stay in Kenya and Tanzania, we went to quite a few national parks and reserves and were lucky enough to see all of the big five (elephant, buffalo, lion, rhino and leopard) and get a decent picture of 4 (all except the leopard who was too quick for us). We saw zebras, giraffes, tons of different antelopes and birds, hippos, crocs, jackels, warthogs, 1 hyena, and the highlight - a mother cheetah with 3 cubs, out on a walk for the very first time.
Cheetah and cubs:
Black rhino and baby:
A hippo who might just eat its baby:
Baby topi:
Here are my two favorite lion pictures (sans cubs).
Chillin:
Up (too) close (in Ngorogoro, animals are more used to cars and are less skittish):
And just for fun, a very cheeky Starling (who flew off with our bread roll):
OMG! THE CUTE! I CAN'T HANDLE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteThe babies are darling! I bet seeing all those animals was awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe cheetah cubs are so CUTE!
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So cute! It must have been amazing to see them all up-close!
ReplyDeleteAwww. I need to go to Africa now!
ReplyDeleteAwwwww. Thank you for sharing - amazing pictures!
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictures - thanks for sharing. And there's not much that could be cuter than those cheetah cubs! It sounds like a wonderful trip.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! Love the one of the cheetah and cubs!
ReplyDeleteI can't even believe how overly CUTE all of those animals are!! How do hunters exist?
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing photos! Can you believe all of the little ones that you were able to see??
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these amazing photos!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool! I've never seen a topi before. He/she is adorable! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCheetah kittens! Aw! Sounds like you had a fun and interesting trip.
ReplyDeleteThe cheetah picture is just beautiful - worthy of National Geographic!
ReplyDeleteThe photo of the lion on the car mirror is a tad too close for my comfort level.
Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful adventure with the rest of us.
I loved seeing your photos. The animals are so beautiful- especially those adorable baby cheetahs. Please share more!
ReplyDeleteThat Topi is the very definition of gormless! So cute. And the cheetah cubs, don't get me started.
ReplyDeleteBABY ANIMALS! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat great pictures! Especially the cheetah cubs - those are adorable.
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwww want a cheetah cub now.
ReplyDeleteHIPPOS! I love hippos, there's like the idea animal. SO glad you had a smashing time Lenore...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! It's hard to choose which one I like best ^^
ReplyDeleteAww! Such cute pictures! I love, love, love the one with the car. Too close for you maybe, but a great shot! :D
ReplyDeleteThe Cheetahs are sooooo cute! Have you seen them run? :D
ReplyDeleteThey're awesome! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love all the pics! The felines are absolutely awesome!
ReplyDeleteAWWW baby AMINALS.
ReplyDeleteThe too close lion was AWESOME!
The baby cheetahs are my fave, too.
Oh wow. Those are incredible. To think you got that close. You are quite an accomplished photographer. Yeah, my jealousy level just spike to 1100 or so. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! That topi is adorable.
ReplyDeleteAwww! I love these guys :) Thanks so much for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful and I can imagine that you had such a wonderful time. Lovin the pictures of the babies particularly.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your your photos! Thanks so much for sharing them. Seeing them in person must have been amazing.
ReplyDeleteWow. Looks like you had a wonderful vacation. I'm jealous. ;)
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Diary of an Eccentric
Oh how cool! It's so neat to see this stuff! Hope you had a fabulous trip!
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