Friday, November 27, 2009

Africa Trip Part 3: The Baby Animal Extravaganza

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):

33 comments:

  1. OMG! THE CUTE! I CAN'T HANDLE IT!!!

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  2. The babies are darling! I bet seeing all those animals was awesome.

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  3. The cheetah cubs are so CUTE!

    http://fantasysink.blogspot.com/

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  4. So cute! It must have been amazing to see them all up-close!

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  5. Awww. I need to go to Africa now!

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  6. Awwwww. Thank you for sharing - amazing pictures!

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  7. Very nice pictures - thanks for sharing. And there's not much that could be cuter than those cheetah cubs! It sounds like a wonderful trip.

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  8. Great pics! Love the one of the cheetah and cubs!

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  9. I can't even believe how overly CUTE all of those animals are!! How do hunters exist?

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  10. Those are amazing photos! Can you believe all of the little ones that you were able to see??

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  11. Thank you for sharing these amazing photos!

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  12. That's so cool! I've never seen a topi before. He/she is adorable! Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Cheetah kittens! Aw! Sounds like you had a fun and interesting trip.

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  14. The cheetah picture is just beautiful - worthy of National Geographic!

    The 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.

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  15. I loved seeing your photos. The animals are so beautiful- especially those adorable baby cheetahs. Please share more!

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  16. That Topi is the very definition of gormless! So cute. And the cheetah cubs, don't get me started.

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  17. What great pictures! Especially the cheetah cubs - those are adorable.

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  18. awwwwwwwwwwww want a cheetah cub now.

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  19. HIPPOS! I love hippos, there's like the idea animal. SO glad you had a smashing time Lenore...

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  20. Beautiful pictures! It's hard to choose which one I like best ^^

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  21. Aww! Such cute pictures! I love, love, love the one with the car. Too close for you maybe, but a great shot! :D

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  22. The Cheetahs are sooooo cute! Have you seen them run? :D

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  23. They're awesome! Thanks for sharing!

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  24. I love all the pics! The felines are absolutely awesome!

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  25. AWWW baby AMINALS.

    The too close lion was AWESOME!

    The baby cheetahs are my fave, too.

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  26. 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. :)

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  27. Great photos! That topi is adorable.

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  28. Awww! I love these guys :) Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

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  29. Your pictures are beautiful and I can imagine that you had such a wonderful time. Lovin the pictures of the babies particularly.

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  30. I absolutely love your your photos! Thanks so much for sharing them. Seeing them in person must have been amazing.

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  31. Wow. Looks like you had a wonderful vacation. I'm jealous. ;)

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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  32. Oh how cool! It's so neat to see this stuff! Hope you had a fabulous trip!

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