Safari Day 2: Tsavo East and Tsavo West
Day two of our safari sheds light on different environments as we transfer from Tsavo East to Tsavo West National Park. An early morning start gives us a beautiful African sunrise over the savanna, and brings us an encounter with our third of the "Big 5" species, the Cape Buffalo. After our lion encounter the day before, and the constant elephant herds here in Tsavo, we only have the leopard and the rhino to go to complete the Big 5. These were traditionally the animals that hunters would target as big trophies, but if they shot and didn't kill the animal there was a very real danger the animal could charge and kill the hunter. Elephant Crossing Now the big 5 are shot more with cameras from the safety of safari vehicles, although the risk is still there. Something else that day 2 brings as we pass more zebra, impala, and giraffes, is more focus on the beautiful birds of Africa. Almost like nudibranch hunting when underwater, finding the different bird life h...