Capturing the Moment

The cutest picture you will see all day.   Have you heard of Africa's Big 5? They are often the biggest, most dangerous animals in the park here in Africa. Its a term left over from the Great White Hunter days, where if you shot one of these animals, but didn't kill it, it could charge you and kill you. The Big 5 are lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and cape buffalo. Well today, we saw all of those and more, here in beautiful Masai Mara. This is truly the gem of Kenya's wildlife parks, and something that every animal or nature lover should experience in their lifetime. We started off at 5:50am, in order to be the first one's crossing into the park at 6am. Being the early bird paid off with our first encounter with a rarely seen black rhino. David positioned us perfectly so the rhino would cross right in front of us. Luckily it turned and looked at the perfect moment for a photo, before disappearing into its usual bushy habitat. We were still riding a high when we came ac...

 Amboseli National Park has always been one of my favorite parks in Kenya. It is a dry, arid savannah landscape, punctuated by intense green marshes. These marshes are fed by underground springs due to the snow melt of nearby Kilimanjaro volcano. These ever-present waters provide a lifeblood for an amazing amount of wildlife in the area. We found elephants up to their ears in the cool, marshy waters as well as buffalo, zebra, and all kinds of antelope. Herds of animals grazed on the grassy plains surrounding the marsh as they kept a wary eye out for lions.       As we entered the park we were greeted by five different herds of elephants emerging out of the forest. They ambled right by our vehicle on their way down to the water. We checked into our wilderness lodge, Amboseli Serena Lodge, which would be our home base for safaris for three days and two nights. A local Maasai warrior patroled the ground as security, but not with a gun for robbers or a knife for big...