Safari photos

I think it is safe to say that the safari exceeded all our expectations.  It was a very early start 5.30 for breakfast and arrive at the national park for 7. Before entering the park we had already spotted some zebra and a few species of birds.

Thankfully we were escorted by a ranger as the park was extensive and the roads were mere dirt tracks. I could not believe the bus could make this journey, but then we do have the best driver.

Folks this was no Blair Drummond Safari park.

We hoped to see elephants and there were plenty of signs of them trees pushed over by them when they had been feeding and the remains of their digested food were on the road.

Firstly we saw Impala, then Topi, all forms of antelope. Then we glanced from a distance Giraffes. We headed down and got fairly close, we were all in awe they are such majestic animals. So off we went, now on our quest for Elephants. The flies on the bus gave us much entertainment, or rather the girls reaction to the flies on the bus.

Many more Topi and Impala, even some warthogs later we spotted a hippo, we followed it to the lake where there were a number of hippos bathing, as we drove closer one of the hippos took exception to our proximity and charged, open mouthed at the bus. Thankfully our driver was quick to hit the gas and we got out of its way. These things are massive but they can shift. Jane did leap over her sister with fright.

We continued our elephant quest to no avail however we did find more giraffes, some with young, more zebras, hundreds of Impala, hundreds of Topi, Baboon  family units and lots of stunningly coloured birds.

There was also talk of a four humped camel?!?!

On route to Kigali we stopped for the best kebabs in Africa by the side of a beautiful lake where we watched the sunset.