10 January 2012

I took Glenda on a mini safari this week to Sweetwaters Game Reserve. The reserve is about 3,000sq mtrs of kenyan country side totally fenced in to protect a plethora of african wildlife including elephants, black oryx, black and white rhinos, reedbuck, zebra, jackal, waterbuck, gazelle, hippos, impala, hartebeest, leopard, giraffe, lion and warthog.

it was only a 45min drive to the reserve, mainly due to the rough road, then we drove around the reserve from about 8am till 2:30pm. we saw most of the wildlife except for the lions. of course, we should have been there yesterday.....

for a first timer in africa it was a good introduction, but really didn't get up close and personal with elephants or lions.

our guide told us there was talk of a leopard kill, so we went looking for the leopard. we never found it, but we found a couple of jackals eating the remains of a fresh kill.

while we are driving through the park in the safety of our car, cattle hearders and park staff are walking around the park as if its a zoo with caged animals.