My first Safari

Was invited on a two day safari by Erik, Annamaria and Petra whom I met through other friends. We drove in erics huge 4wd north to Sweetwaters a small national park in the shade of Mt. Kenya.
Over the two days I did my first Night safaridrive, my first real safari drive and had a very close incounter with a black Rhino named Morani!
I saw the first 3 of the big five (and hugged one of them..). saw hundreds of antilopes of different kinds, gor stuck in a buffalo herd, met some of Jane Goodalls chimps in the parks chimp-rescuecenter and even had time to relax by the pool!

Our classic and very comfy safari tent at Sweetwater national park tented lodge

Two young and quite curious giraffes on my first safaridrive ever!

Close encounter with a young female elefant, at first it feels a little like watching a natureshow on TV, but then the smell of large animal hits u and the elphants warning trumpetsignal shatters the air and everything is suddenly very real and a lot more exiting!

The black rhino Morani was orphaned by poachers when very young and was taken in by the parkrangers, he is now too tame to join the other Rhinos and enjoys the company of humans more. We visited him in the morning where he was preparing for his dayly chores..sleeping.. he is active at night only and in the day he only gets up to move to a more shady sleeping area. Yet the feeling of being so close to such a huge annimal was quite unique!

When we first arrived at the park Mt. Kenya was hidden in the clouds, but early nxt morning we were offered magnificent wievs of Kenyas hihgest and Africas second highests peak.