Steppes In Africa; A Disney-inspired Safari-W is for: What a Wonderful Last Game Drive! Updated (10/11)

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How could this scene be described as anything but Heaven on Earth?!


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It can't! Literally so beautiful

Another morning treat was this mother and baby giraffe pair appearing to “play”.

Awwww...I love them

I was just drinking from my mug of warm delicousness, minding my own, when all of a sudden, I decided to nearly drown myself with a sip. It was one of those fantastic, explosive chokings in which the entire contents of your mouth come vomiting out in a volcano of spray. I then proceeded to sputter for a full 3 or 4 minutes before I could even say “excuse me!”. It was so embarrassing and I’m sure the next camp over was about to send a rescue squad it was so loud. I did recover, but that was a close one!


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Oh my gosh! So sorry but I'm cracking up! . So glad you lived to tell the tale!

On arriving, we first spotted a pair of female lions resting in separate trees, awake and watching.


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Just incredible!

This was absolutely hands-down one of the most fascinating scenarios I’ve ever seen and definitely one of the highlights of the trip.

That is so cool, and most of us will never get to experience that!

From the looks of it, it had narrowly escaped a run-in with a predator, and I was astonished it hadn’t already succumbed to infection. Yikes!

Yikes is right! I was confused looking at the other zebras at first, then I got to him! Ouch!

We turned towards camp under the thick of dusk when Hashim negotiated the truck to give a glorious view the full moon hung beautifully in the sky amongst wispy clouds. He and Sawaume were very patient as I fiddled with my camera settings for many minutes. More importantly, we took time to admire this exquisite display of Creation, content to call this a most successful day!


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Oh that moon

 

[Wood Nymph]

I love the elegance of the Great Crowned Cranes and the cute face of the mongoose.

It was now squarely dusk, a time when other, rarer, animals exchange slumber for prowling. Tanzania has 10 species of feline, but the African Wildcat is perhaps the most difficult to spot.

Where do the felines hide during the day?

And yes, I ate the Ugali and Stew with my hands as you are supposed to. It tastes better that way.

The food looks delicious, as usual. I think that I would want spoon.

 

[Steppesister]

How lovely!

All of these little pop-up picnics they set up were just so lovely. Elegant in such a natural way.

Wow they captured the likeness pretty well. I can actually hear Rowan Atkinson lol!

HA, now I need to watch it again!!

What a shame. When I was a kid living on acreage we saw a couple of large lizards like that (probably not quite as big - I've just googled 'racehorse goanna' and apparently they only reach about 5ft). They are really beautiful creatures.

Such fascinating creatures!! The largest goanna we saw on KI were about 3 ft long. But I'm sure they can get MUCH larger than that!

That is an epic photo.

It's a Hippo Stink Eye!

Always nice to get photos, but the main thing is that you saw it

Exactly!! And I really didn't think I'd have even the slightest chance of seeing one of the smaller cat species at all. Such a lucky find!

What a shame. I like your idea to somehow utilise the remaining earring in a display.

At least it'll be a nice reminder of such a great time that visit to the little market was!

 

[Steppesister]

Awwww...I love them

Such a tiny little tot!

Oh my gosh! So sorry but I'm cracking up! . So glad you lived to tell the tale!

Oh, trust me, it's funny now. It was even funny then once I was done sputtering. LOL!

That is so cool, and most of us will never get to experience that!

You'd have to go a long way to see that, but oh is it worth it!

Yikes is right! I was confused looking at the other zebras at first, then I got to him! Ouch!

That wound was crazy! Surely, its days were numbered.

Oh that moon

Romantic, no?

 

[Steppesister]

I love the elegance of the Great Crowned Cranes and the cute face of the mongoose.

I will always see them with such fond memory at WDW now. I'm super glad they've included these in the AK(L) animals!

Where do the felines hide during the day?

That's a great question! I honestly don't know except my best guess is maybe in small holes, or hollows of trees or under fallen brush. I think though that the Wildcats are actually very easily habituated to human presence so it wouldn't surprise me that this one hangs out near camp at times. (We found him very near to camp.)

The food looks delicious, as usual. I think that I would want spoon.

Oh we did have cutlery and I did use it for the other stuff. But it was fun to channel my inner African and do like they do with some things.