“The colour of Africa- brown, a thousand different shades of brown. Pale brown grass on red brown soil, with twisted, chocolate brown tree trunks reaching up to the moving masses of brown leaves at their tips. Flickering indefinite brown were the herds of springbok that fed amongst the trees and on the slopes of the bare bulging brown hills, and the brown land reached away vast and unhurried into immeasurable distance, unmarred by the scratchings of man: tranquil and dignified in its immensity” –Wilbur Smith.
I saw it all… Not just the browns of the land and the springbok, but the browns of the lions and the giraffes, the blacks of the gnus, the stripes of the zebras and the grays of the massive giants. The spotting of every single species there, except the Homo sapiens of course, was a lifer for me. Birds of all colours, animals of various sizes, ranging from the smallest antelope –the dikdik, which jumped across the road in one giant leap, to the elephants, which we spotted in hundreds in Amboseli National Park, guarded by the lofty Mt.Kilimanjaro.
It has always been a dream for us to visit Africa, especially Masai Mara and Amboseli for my elephant-smitten dad. And the seven day rush across the continent’s Great Rift Valley and all that lay within still feels like one…
Stay tuned for a blow by blow account of this incredible trip!!
That’s so awesome! I’m so happy for you. I got to go to Disney’s Animal Kingdom last week and all I could think of was one day going to real Africa. I can’t wait to hear about your adventures more.
Yes, it really felt like a dream!! Hope you get a chance to visit it soon!!
And will quickly follow up with more posts!! 🙂
I went to Masai Mara a few years ago and it was one of the best trips of my life. I’m so glad you were able to go as well. I can’t wait to see more of your photos and read more about your great journey!
Thank you!! Will post more soon!! 🙂
There’s nothing like Africa! I hope to return soon. Look forward to your “blow by blow” account of the trip!
Thank you!! And I completely agree with you!! There really is nothing like Africa…
Beautiful photo. Love elephants. What a great post. 🙂
Thank you so much!! 🙂
I am looking forward to the blow by blow!
Will post them very soon!! 🙂
Ohhh how coool!! Birds of all colors, a dream. ❤
It still feels like a dream!! I hope you get to see it yourself soon!! 🙂
You’re right…many shades of brown. Great picture of that stately elephant. Look forward to more on the colors of Kenya.
Thank you Lynne!! Will post some soon!! 🙂
Great to see your blog again. Your trip sounds awesome. Would love to have seen the same. Maybe one day.
Thank you!! It really was an awesome trip!! I hope you get to see it all yourself very soon!!: )
On my bucket list some day! Looking forward to hearing and seeing more of your travels.
Will post soon!! And hope you get to strike it off your list soon too!! 🙂
elephants are my favorites..
i hope someday ill get to visit Africa as well..
great post:)
Thank you!! I am sure you will, one day!! 🙂
I got cut off in the middle of the comment but just wanted you to know that it is great to see your wonderful blog again and I still cannot believe that you don’t have something gooey on that ice cream! You and I are on the same page about animals and I love reading about what I cannot see through your blog. Great to connect again! Love
Thank you!! Once again, welcome back!! Looking forward to more of your artwork and more about Emma!! 🙂
Another traveller: AWESOME. I will stay tuned. The world is beautiful. We need to get out & see that.
Bon voyage 🙂
Yes, we indeed so… Thank you!! 🙂
Sounds awesome! Can’t wait to hear all about it 🙂
Thank you!! And will post more soon!! 🙂
What a magnificent tusker! Such a beautiful picture, you should actually consider framing it! 🙂
Yes, he was just MASSIVE… One of the most handsome males I have ever seen!! 🙂
How wonderful! Hubby and I were married in Kenya in 1995, we adored it and the safaris in Amboseli and Tsavo national parks were out of this world. We’d love to go back one day, until then I’ll drool over your photos and dream!
That must have been a wonderful wedding!! I am glad I could help you conjure those memories again! 🙂
How lucky!! I hope you get to go there soon! And I still have to tick Tsavo national park off my list. After reading Daphne Sheldrick’s ‘An African Love Story’, I have been dying to go there.
Cheers,
Sumithra.