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Category Archives: African Safari
African Safari – October 26th – Rise and Shine time in Lake Nakuru National Park
African Safari – October 26th – Rise and Shine time in Lake Nakuru National Park I woke up before dawn with the moon still high in the sky; flicked on the lights to find my gear; decided to take a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acacia tree, africa, bat-eared fox, black rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah, crowned crane, elephant, Esoit Oloololo Escarpment, gazelle, Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, grassland, Great Migration, Great Rift Valley, hartebeest, Hippopotamos, hippopotamus, hornbill, hyena, impala, kenya, leopard, lion, long-crested eagle, Maasai Mara, Mara River, marabou, Masai, Masai giraffe, Masai Mara Game Preserve, Mediterranean Sea, Mozambique, ostrich, pygmy falcon., rhinoceros, Roan Antelope, Rothschild Giraffe, safai, secretary bird, Serengeti National Park, spotted hyena, tanzania, Thomson's Gazelle, topi, vulture, warthog, wildebeest, zebra
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African Safari – October 26th – Lake Naivasha, Kenya – Background Information
African Safari – October 26th – Lake Naivasha, Kenya – Background Information This description comes from the background itinerary info provided by GAP Adventures.
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Tagged Acacia Xanthophlea, africa, Born Free, buffalo, Colubus monkey, Elsamere, fish eagles, giraffe, Green Crater Lake, Hell's Gate National Park, hippo, hippopotamus, impala, kenya, Lake Naivasha, Lake Naivasha Country Club, Malachite Kingfisher, Ramsar, safari, yellow fever tree, zebra
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African Safari – October 25th – Evening game drive – Lake Nakuru National Park
After a quick lunch we headed out for our first game drive at Nakuru Lake where we had our safari vans with pop-up roofs. There were a lot of animals, but our first of the big five was the White … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Coracias caudatus, flamingo, game drive, Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, Lilac-breasted Roller, Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus), monkeys, nakuru national park, ostrich, Ostrich (Struthio camelus), pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, Struthio camelus, vans, Vervet Monkey
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African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru Accomodation
African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru accommodation After leaving the monkeys at the gate of the park, we began the journey on rough, unpaved roads to the end of the lake where our accommodation was located. We would … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, African Hoopoe, African Pied Wagtail, African Rock Pigeon, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Columba guinea, Dioptrornis fischeri, flamingo, game drive, Hadada Ibis, Hagedashia hagedash, Helmeted Guineafowl, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, monkeys, Motacilla aguimp, nakuru national park, Numida meleagris, pelican, rhino, Ring-necked Dove, Rock Pigeon, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, Speckled Pigeon, Streptopelia capicola, Upupa epops africana, vans, Vervet Monkey, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
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African Safari – Lake Nakuru National Park – Monkey Video
Lake Nakuru – Background Information and video I’ve put the wildlife video of the animals that we saw at the park in this post (rhinos, hyenas, etc) while the other posts on the park will follow specifically what we saw … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, flamingo, game drive, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, Monkey video, monkeys, movie, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, vans, Vervet Monkey, video
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African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around
African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around After a long drive along some bumpy roads, we arrived at our first National Park. Before even getting through the gates, we saw some monkeys, photographed some … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, flamingo, game drive, Lake Nakura National Park, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, monkeys, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, vans, Vervet Monkey
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African Safari – October 25th – Driving through the Great Rift Valley
African Safari – October 25th – Down into the Valley Once we had crested the top of the escarpment and stopped for a bit of time to take in the view and visited the curio shops that perched precariously on … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, bumpy roads, flamingo, game drive, lake nakuru national park, monkeys, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, safari, vans
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African Safari – October 25th – Nairobi to the Great Rift Valley
African Safari – October 25th – Nairobi to the Great Rift Valley Having survived our long flight without incident we awoke early for our first day of our safari. 6 AM – heading for breakfast. 6:05 AM – Didn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, avocet, black rhino, buffalo, bushbuck, cormorant, flamingo, gazelle, Great Rift Valley, Greater Flamingo, grebe, impala, kenya, Lake Nakura, Lake Nakura National Park, leopard, Lesser Flamingo, lion, pelican, Rothschilds's giraffe, safari, savannah, soda lake, stilt, warthog, waterbuck, white rhino, woodland, zebra
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Nairobi, Kenya
Well, according to my watch which I haven’t switched to local time yet, it is approaching 3PM EST and we have just got to our hotel here in Nairobi and met with our safari guide. We left home at noon … Continue reading
African Safari – Ottawa to Nairobi
African Safari – Day 1 – October 24th in Nairobi This is Day one of our tour and is billed as an arrival day. For us it is an arrival day after traveling from Ottawa, Ontario through the night and … Continue reading