Wednesday, February 19, 2014

On the Serengheti . . .

Africa surprised me with its open spaces. Once we were on the Serengheti Plains, animals wandered about their lives, seemingly unaware of the rumbling, open-air tourist jeeps that parked nearby.

A lioness makes her way down a rocky hill on her way to find breakfast.while a herd of antelope grazes nervously thirty feet away. 

Looking for breakfast (Camp 2012)

Two giraffes amble on hilly ground, munching on the tops of thorny trees.

A landscape of giraffes (Camp 2012)

Herds of wildebeest cross in front of our jeeps by the thousands on their annual migration.

The Great Migration (Camp 2012)

Early one morning, we surprised a mother lioness and her babes at a watering hole.

At the watering hole (Camp 2012)


 And at the end of the day, the African landscape shimmers at sunset. Beautiful memories!

Camping near Serengheti Plains (Camp 2012)


2 comments:

Chris Loehmer Kincaid said...

The plains of East Africa are fantastic, aren't they? For me, no place in the world is as beautiful.

Beth Camp said...

Hello, Chris. I'm not sure I could pick just one place that I would call home on this amazing planet. Scotland, Turkey, and Brazil all were so wondrous. Maybe one day we'll go back to those places of our heart! Thanks for visiting and commenting!