Aw Crikey!

Reading about a safari is boring...

but seeing awesome pictures from one isn't!

All photos are from Masai Mara, a Kenyan run nature reserve in the southwest portion of Kenya, near the Tanzanian border. This swath of land is contiguous with the Serengeti, which is in Tanzania. That's all ya need to know for this one!

My house tent. Sweet accommodation!

Zebras out the waazoo. They were everywhere!

It's funny, Africans aren't all that excited about zebras; they say, "they're just African donkeys."
I was pumped to be that close to them though!

Buffalo

"blue jeans"

"wild beasts" as the tour guide misnamed them. Wildebeest doin' their thing.

As I explained to my parents,
"There are so many different animals all in one area...it's like Noah's Ark tipped over here!"

"Weeeelcoooome toooo Maaasai Maaaaraaaa!!!"

Beautiful, wide open savanna

No doubt there would be an incredible sunset

Yeah, we were real close.

Mum and the cubs

Met this fella in the middle of the road, about 30 ft away

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More vastness. Excellent.

Big ol' family of elephants. Wonderful watching them graze

We were lucky to catch glimpse of this hyena during the day time!
Looks just as mean and gnarly as Disney illustrates them to be 

Yes, you can borrow this for your computer's wallpaper

Mara river; filled with crocs and hippos. No swimming for me!

Bunch o' hippos

Family of giraffes. Probably one of my moments on the safari.

My Gram's favorite animal. Miss and love you Gram!

Disappointed they didn't hide their heads in the ground. They are huge though.

Yeah, this safari was amazing. I couldn't believe how many different animals we came across, surprisingly without all that much effort. Definitely a beautiful place to experience; opportunity to see how African savannas must have looked before tribes became cities.