Safari Time

  So for the last two days of the trip there was an optional safari. Not everyone from our group took the option but many did! Here are some pictures and stories from that! We saw lots of animals, here some of my better pictures. These are from Amboseli National Park in Kenya. It was absolutely beautiful there. I've said this before (and probably will continue to say it) but the pictures don't do it justice, the capture about 2% of what the actual experience was like. Bundi, our driver, did an awesome job driving us and finding animals. He is really knowledgable and I enjoyed listening to his factoids!

These are elephants! (From really far away)

This guy turned and gave me a great shot! 

Elephant family! 

The elephants were amazing and so fun to watch. It felt almost magical to be so near them.

The giraffes were very cool also. They seem to very curious animals. When we pulled up they all got very still and just kind of watched us for several minutes. If you look closely on the left you can see a little guy peeking out from behind his mom/dad. He was my favorite! 

This baboon had a little baboon baby, he was sooooooo cute! 

This baboon baby was slightly older but still super cute!

Hippo!

I don't remember what this is, but I thought the face he or she was making was hilarious. 

Ali in her Safari muumuu and hat, ready to see some animals. 

Katie and Ali cracked me up pretty much the whole time :)

And the fierce lion made me laugh as well. 

Ali spotted a lion. 

Meeting this one was one of the highlights of the trip! 

We rocked the back seat! 

Partner in crime (: 

Victor came on the safari too!

  And finally, here's Kilimanjaro. It is difficult to see but it's there. So the clouds in the center of the photo about cut the mountain in half. That teeny strip of white in the center but near the top is the snow-capped peak. That safari was amazing, we had so much fun and it was a really great way to end the trip. More about the beginning and middle of the trip in later posts!