Lions, Giraffes and Gorillas Oh My

[Flying mermaid]

Zebra look so simerlar to normal horse. Is it possible to train zebra to operate like horse? Ride him and use him to pull cart? Or they are too wild?

far too wild and protected.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I love Cheetahs, so we are going to have lots of photos. It was a bit frustrating, as not being able to go off road, meant we couldn't get that close to them or follow them.

 

[Flying mermaid]

more cheetahs plus a few randoms.

 

[craven morehead]

View attachment 135722 There are warthogs too. They come and find the pellets the giraffes drop.View attachment 135721

Te oulik !

 

[craven morehead]

I love Cheetahs, so we are going to have lots of photos. It was a bit frustrating, as not being able to go off road, meant we couldn't get that close to them or follow them.View attachment 135957 View attachment 135958 View attachment 135960 View attachment 135961 View attachment 135962

Awesome shots

 

[Straubs]

Beautiful photos. Especially good ones of the cheetahs, wouldn't know you were at distance

 

[Flying mermaid]

Mr FM is busy slaving away over photos while I read a book. Segera is an amazing place. I took this photo with my iPhone from our bedroom - nicer ones to come. All of this is our villa, including the pool. .

 

[vetrade]

Zebra look so simerlar to normal horse. Is it possible to train zebra to operate like horse? Ride him and use him to pull cart? Or they are too wild?

Assuming it was legal to own one you could train them to do anything a horse can do BUT that would be very difficult unless it had been removed from the wild and tamed from a young age.

 

[blacksultan]

Assuming it was legal to own one you could train them to do anything a horse can do BUT that would be very difficult unless it had been removed from the wild and tamed from a young age.

Dr in kenya who rode a zebra:
Did you know? Kenya's first private doctor visited patients on a Zebra

 

[Flying mermaid]

back in Nairobi and wifi that stays up - I am now so far behind but will try and catch up a bit now

Mr FM had been dying to see some vultures in action and on our last morning in the Masai Mara, we were lucky enough to come across some lions with a Wildebeest. The vultures were all sitting waiting and th two lions took it in turns to guard the carcass while the other went to get some water. Eventually the vultures had a turn.

 

[Flying mermaid]

some lovely photos of the Lion dragging his carcass away from the vultures

 

[Flying mermaid]

we were really lucky to come across a Serval Cat and also photos of some Dik Diks and the wonderful Moses and Anthony cooking breakfast. We had a different breakfast every day - pita pockets, scrambled eggs and potatoe with spinach.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Just to finish off the Masai Mara a picture of a typical lunch at Salas Camp and a few pictures of the outside dining area and also the airstrip you fly from. Lunch generally started with a cold soup and followed by a light dessert.

 

[Denali]

Im hoping, if you dont mind sharing when you get home, some of the approx budget costs for this trip as its one of the next 3 trips on the wish list.

Loving the photos, dream trip come true.

 

[love_the_life]

We had vultures over several visits when we were at Sabi Sands. The first time we visited the carcass lions were still guarding it, then the next couple of times the vultures had come in and over 24 hours basically stripped it. They are fascinating to watch so hope MrFM was happy with his shots. The smell was something else though.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Im hoping, if you dont mind sharing when you get home, some of the approx budget costs for this trip as its one of the next 3 trips on the wish list.

Loving the photos, dream trip come true.

Sent pm

 

[Flying mermaid]

We had vultures over several visits when we were at Sabi Sands. The first time we visited the carcass lions were still guarding it, then the next couple of times the vultures had come in and over 24 hours basically stripped it. They are fascinating to watch so hope MrFM was happy with his shots. The smell was something else though.

They were amazing - we must have spent 1/2 hour watching them attacking the carcass and each other!

 

[Flying mermaid]

Coming back from The Masai Mara we were on a Dash8, which felt all wrong. However there were a lot of people to take back to Nairobi. On landing we were met by a Tropic Air guy, extracted our luggage (it is on the tarmac - no carousel system at Wilson Airport) and taken to our little plane -a Skylane - will have a picture on the way back. Our pilot was very chatty and we had headphones on, so we could communicate. It was about an hour to Segera and very pretty flying over the green highlands. Coffee, Tea and flowers are the major export.

Lakipia Plateau is dryer looking - the view of Mount Kenya was pretty.

We arrived to a warm welcome and our room was beautiful.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Segera is home to the third type of Giraffe in Kenya - the reticulated Giraffe. Beautiful colour, with a net pattern.

Mr FM got an amazing photo of a striped hyena with a snake in its mouth and of course the cute Jackal.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I was quite interested in how the farmer/wild life interaction worked. Segera has quite high mounds to stop elephants moving into the community lands and they will provide compensation in some cases if a lion kills cattle.

work is being done with lights to scare away lions - they are triggered if a lion looks like it is approaching too near. Also the sound of bees being used to scare off elephants from farm land and chilis!

What is mainly done is the cattle are packed tightly into bomas (compounds). The packing is to ensure thy don't stampeded and injure each other. They are brought out in the morning and have herders to look after them.

we really enjoyed meeting some of the herders and they very kindly brought some milk fresh from the cow to drink (yes unpasteurised, but the cows looked very healthy).