Steppes In Africa; A Disney-inspired Safari-P is for: Pride Pursuit on a Picture-Perfect Sunset Safari! (8/16)

[luvpoohandcompany]

Oh my goodness I have to say everything about your last update was spectacular! From herds of elephants and birthday celebrations with a snapshot of lions in nature thrown in there too- I have loved every bit of it and watched your YouTube videos more than once.
You are definitely living your best life!
This African trip delivers so much more than I thought possible

 

[missjackiemcg]

Incredible!!!!

It was a COMMANDING display of dominance and a spectacle of raw power and animal behavior that I will never in my life forget.

WOW. The videos in this chapter were all amazing, but just WOW. Words can't describe. I'm sure you weren't in any immediate danger, but I'm curious if your guides seemed concerned in any way about being so close to the situation as it unfolded. Are the animals just generally unbothered by the presence of the vehicles on safari?

Poor babies. I'm glad another lion came back to check up on them!

GORGEOUS!

 

[Steppesister]

Haha absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of potty humour.

Never!

I know it's all part of the experience, but I'm not sure if I could bear to watch! Your photos are amazing, but knowing the story behind them, just about had me in tears.

It was hard, but fascinating to watch for sure. I'm glad it had a good ending and I'm sure their mother found them in the end.

I know it's nature and no doubt some cubs really do get left behind, but this made me feel better!

It was definitely a happy-ending story!

Golden light + grasslands is always a great combo!

For real! It was just so pretty there!

 

[Steppesister]

I've never seen so many elephants in one place. I guess that lions don't want to share the water with elephants.

The elephants didn't linger at the water at all. They just hollered at the lions and made them move away from the passing herd before moving on themselves towards our camp.

The lion cubs are adorable. I'm glad that the story had a happy ending. It would have been hard to watch if something bad had happened to those cubs while you were there.

Very much. I mean, obviously the elephants aren't hunters but they really didn't want the lions nearby at all. I wonder if the momma leader felt they were just too close with that many baby elephants in the herd. Like they felt threatened? gave them a warning to move on and to let them know they were aware.

Was this the first time during your trip that you this many people in the dining room?

Most definitely. And while there must've been 14?18 folks there I had to wonder what "High season" was like. When it's really busy do they put more tables in? No idea, but this was plenty busy enough for my liking.

It looks like everyone was enjoying your celebration.

I remember one lady to my left saying, "Thank you for having a birthday!!"

The last tent in the group seems scary to me.

I think the guards knew what areas needed a bit more attention, so I never felt afraid at all.

 

[Steppesister]

You know you're looking at something amazing when you don't notice.... A FREAKING HERD OF ELEPHANTS!!!!

Awww... I wanna pet it!


<promptly gets stomped by its momma>

Yeah, that's not an encounter I'd be eager to have.

Swimming or wading?

I think wading? Although I can't be 100% sure either.

SAVE THE CUBS?!?!?!

....no.

Okay, phew.
Otherwise I was flying over there to adopt some lions for our zoo!

Huh.. I do wonder if those go to rehab places?

Oh, geez. Cuteness overload.
Think I will go over there and adopt them!

Um... they don't get bigger than that, do they?

Nah, bring one home; I'm sure you'll be fine.

oooohhhh... scary-boo

<rawr!>

"Look I'm not your momma so STOP. ASKING. FOR. MILK!!"

But Grandma, what large teeth you have!"

Probably disappointed that the cubs found an adult.

That's too bad. Hazard of new/strange foods, perhaps?

Probably so was my guess. Or a little virus that hopefully passed soon.

Which totally flies in the face of what I thought that experience would be like.

It was definitely swank.

Nah. Like a birthday girl enjoying her day.

Um... as long as the lions don't get close.

Stay tuned...

 

[Steppesister]

Oh my goodness I have to say everything about your last update was spectacular! From herds of elephants and birthday celebrations with a snapshot of lions in nature thrown in there too- I have loved every bit of it and watched your YouTube videos more than once.
You are definitely living your best life!
This African trip delivers so much more than I thought possible

I'm thrilled you're enjoying it all so much. Still so much more to come! Next up is more game driving with loads more animals!

I'd go back again for sure. But I think next up is Eastern Europe.

 

[Steppesister]

WOW. The videos in this chapter were all amazing, but just WOW. Words can't describe. I'm sure you weren't in any immediate danger, but I'm curious if your guides seemed concerned in any way about being so close to the situation as it unfolded. Are the animals just generally unbothered by the presence of the vehicles on safari?

Well, Hassan did drive away when the lions ran away. I don't think he was nervous about the elephant trampling us, but I think he drove towards the lions because he was curious at what they'd do? Maybe?

Poor babies. I'm glad another lion came back to check up on them!

We all were too. I wish all things in nature have such happy endings, but sadly, that's not the case.

GORGEOUS!

Such a pretty sunset!!