Lions, Giraffes and Gorillas Oh My

[Flying mermaid]

Some crane photos, kingfisher and Maribou

 

[Straubs]

Just beautiful ... what a trip

 

[drron]

Love those bird pics.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Love those bird pics.

just for you

 

[JohnM]

How about you take a pic on your phone to show us the artillery MrFM is using...?

 

[Flying mermaid]

How about you take a pic on your phone to show us the artillery MrFM is using...?

 

[Flying mermaid]

Moving onto more interesting things.....

A lovely sunrise with Mt Kenya - the second highest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro

and a sunset over water

 

[kermatu]

Stunning pics. Great experience.

 

[JohnM]

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Aaaahhh - so not a Sony pocket camera that fails immediately it senses water in the atmosphere....

 

[Flying mermaid]

Our villa came in 3 bits. Our bedroom and bathroom joined by a bridge to a lounge room and then underneath leading to the pool an informal dining and relaxing area

 

[Flying mermaid]

We didn't use the upstairs lounge room at all. It had some stunning Michael Poliza photos on the walls, as well as his coffee table books. There were also all sorts of artifacts and memorablia in the room

 

[Flying mermaid]

Aaaahhh - so not a Sony pocket camera that fails immediately it senses water in the atmosphere....

If you look at the second post you will see a list of his gear. It took almost half of our luggage allowance going to the Masai Mara, but I made that sacrifice in order to bring you these photos.

 

[Flying mermaid]

A bit more about Segera - it was acquired by Jochen Zeitz in 2005 and he has transformed it from degraded land over run by poachers into the beautiful place it is today. He developed the 4Cs concept - culture, community, conservation and commerce. He established the Zeitz foundation with its headquarters in Segera. They are protecting the wild life, as well as many community initiatives with the school and the community.

There are 6 villas, a slightly bigger one, which we had, a 4 person house and an 8 person house.

we hardly saw a person while we were there as everyone dines in different areas and the gardens are very big.

 

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we had a very busy third day, as we wanted to see the rhinos at Ol Pejeta and the school and the womens initiative at Satubo.

The school is the Uaso Nyiro School. The Zeitz Foundation has built an eco building at the school, where the roof collects water and stores it underground providing 350,000 litres of clean water annually to the school community.

We had an interesting (if confronting), talk with the principal who is doing an amazing job in difficult circumstances. Some of the class sizes are over 100. The are chronically short of buildings. The kids arrive speaking many different local languages and the first task is to bond them and then teach Swahili and then English.

We were taken to a class and talked to the teacher and children who were about to sit their final exams which would allow them to go onto Secondary school, with their marks determining which schools.

The school has a daily feeding program, as many of the children have had little to eat and cant concentrate on their lessons. A very elegantly dressed deputy Principal (cant remember her name), was in charge of getting the food cooked and the kitchen's chimney were broken so the smoke from the wood fire was billowing everywhere.

The teachers in Australia would all go out on strike if they had to teach in these circumstances, so they are doing an amazing job. It was quite a humbling experience and I would definitely like to be able to do something to help them in the future.

I couldn't avoid a photo, so I am with the Principal, teacher and the two class leaders. The young girl told me she wanted to be a doctor.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Next stop was Ol Pejeta which is a sanctuary for chimpanzees, as well as having about 200 Rhino. This was where the last male white Northern Rhino died earlier in the year. We went to the Rhino cemetery. Some Natural deaths but many cruel ones from poachers. They seem to be having some success as they haven't had a rhino poached since 2016. Also some white Rhino we saw.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Ol Pejeta takes rescue chimpanzees mainly from West Africa where they are badly treated. They don't breed as they haven't the money to support huge numbers and they want to be able to accept more rescue ones. They have a very big area to roam in and visiting hours are limited.

Also a random photo of the equator

 

[Flying mermaid]

Some of the black rhino we saw, as well as Baraka a blind Rhino that you can feed with Sugar cane and pat.
Looking at that photo I can see why my pants are feeling rather tight on me at the moment - all that food and wine is showing

 

[craven morehead]

Some of the black rhino we saw, as well as Baraka a blind Rhino that you can feed with Sugar cane and pat.
Looking at that photo I can see why my pants are feeling rather tight on me at the moment - all that food and wine is showing View attachment 136388 View attachment 136389 View attachment 136390 View attachment 136391 View attachment 136392

You're on holidays ... relax. More food and wine please oh and some more awesome fotos

 

[love_the_life]

If you look at the second post you will see a list of his gear. It took almost half of our luggage allowance going to the Masai Mara, but I made that sacrifice in order to bring you these photos.

And we all enjoy the sacrifice you have made.
They are great photos.

 

[Denali]

Wow. Just wow. So many photos I wanted to quote and say wow to (the bird ones are amazing) but all of them are just wow.

And the school - wonderful to see so many young people wanting to continue their education, they are a credit to themselves and the teachers.