Safari Day

7-31-13

Today we left the Town View Hotel at 5AM to head out to Safari. We passed through some road construction and some brush crews using machetes on the grass. It rained some more today. I hope these showers are showing up in Kachungwa as well.

Macindi Town is the last town before we enter the protected jungle area. We drove about 1 1/2 hours through jungle and baboons, then took a ferry across the Nile River, and checked into the Paraa Lodge. The Safari was from 4PM until dusk. The game preserve is huge, so it was hard to see some animals.
We saw: Oribi- tiny antelope that the leopards like because they can carry them into the tree to eat. Water Bucks- a small elk sized antelope. Cob- small antelope. Long-Faced-Stupid-Taste-Gooder- another large antelope with a long nose and mushy brains. Cape Buffalo, giraffe, elephants, Colobus Monkeys, Red Throated Bee Eaters
Whistling Acacia- a fuzzy looking, grey, tree with black balls in it. The balls are hollow and when they dry out they get holes and the wind blows through them making them whistle. Another acacia tree that had about 3 inch long, very tough thorns.

It was a fun and bumpy experience. The lodge was very nice with Americanized buffet food and really nice beds/rooms.

Love in Christ, Danelle Chase