"Don't get out of the van!"

A safari was something I had only heard about.  Sure, I had seen all the animals on nature shows, but seeing them in the wild for the first time?  That was totally different.

For example, in movies, like The Lion King, the lions and the alligators always look bigger than the animals around them, but still pretty small.  When we saw a lion only 50 feet away, and it turned it's head to look at us, it was giant.  I suppose you have to have a big mouth to eat what they eat.

Also, it was disturbing to see two crocodiles right next to each other on the bank of a lake.  One of them had its mouth open to show all of its many teeth, and it was only 30 feet away from us!  I’m just glad I had the van between me and this reptilian monster.

However, it’s not like we only saw crocodiles and lions, although that was cool.  We actually saw many animals, and here they are below:

• Lion
• Hippopotamus
• Black Rhinoceros
• Plains Zebra
• Warthog
• Masai Giraffe
• Impala
• Oryx
• African Buffalo
• Sykes’ Monkey
• Guinea Fowl
• Secretary Bird
• Vulture-like bird (we don’t know the exact name of this bird)
• Crocodile
• Ostrich
• Fish Eagle
• Antelope
• Artemis
• Kingfisher
• Quail
• Gazelle

We all look forward to future animal sightings!