Panaroma of Ngorongoro Crater, TanzaniaJeff and the boys went to Kenya and Tanzania on safari the first week of December, along with Elder and Sister Hanks, the LDS missionary couple in Yaounde. Unfortunately, Stacey was sick and decided to stay home with Ivy to rest and recuperate. The trip was great - good weather, lots of great sightings, and all around fun for Dad to spend time with the boys.
Jeff really enjoyed being back in Tanzania, speaking Swahili again, and soaking up the incredible grandeur of East Africa.
We encountered some of the Maasai tribesmen (and kids) in their nomadic setting near Arusha.
The boys with Maasai children at a baobab tree
A Maasai village under an acacia tree
Maasai tribesmen performing traditional jumping dance
Maasai herder with his cattle
Of course, we saw lots of wild animals, too! Elijah was crazy about zebras. The giraffes and elephants were plentiful and always fun to watch. We had some great lion sightings - some quite close. Most exciting was seeing cheetahs in the wild for the first time. The first (and best) sighting was on Jeff's birthday - three cheetahs resting under a tree about 30 meters from the road. We saw cheetahs two other times in the week. We also got a rare far off glimpse of two rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater - only 30 individuals live in northern Tanzania.
Our first wild cheetah sighting, Serengeti
Mother baboon with babies, Lake Manyara
Giraffe under a lone acacia tree - the only shade for miles
Baby Elephant, Lake Manyara National Park
Elijah's zebra heaven, Serengeti
Waterbuck, Serengeti
Mating pair of lions, Serengeti
Lion cub with mother and pride resting around kill, Serengeti
Ostrich, Serengeti
Hippo pool, Ngorongoro Crater
Bull elephant, Ngorongoro Crater
Rhino (through 300 mm telephoto lens), Ngorongoro Crater
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