I Saw Lions!

The last two days of the Kenya course we went to the Mara National Park. It was pretty fun even though our car broke down in the middle of the park and we sat outside in the grass with the wild animals for an hour or two. The highlight of the trip for me was when we saw lions. In Tanzania we went on a game drive/safari in Mikumi National Park and we saw lots of animals, however, we never saw a lion. In the Mara National Park we saw several lions and I thought I would share some of the pictures with you'll:

Here was the larger male lion we saw. It was amazing to be only 8 or 9 meters away from such a spectacular animal. You can see from the background that the Mara is a much drier place than the Mikumi Park.

This is the female lion we found. She was sleeping under a bush and only sat up with the car pulled up close to her.

This was our CRAZY guide. He was so animated. He didn't stop moving and talking wildly the whole time. I nicknamed him "Rafiki" after the crazy and energetic monkey in the Lion King movie. Despite his slightly irritating personality, he knew the area well and was very good at spotting animals.