Safari and Baby Elephant orphanage
Continuing the Africa Adventure: On Wednesday, Nov 16 we went on a day safari at Nairobi Game Park. Compared to my safaris at the Masaai Mara, I was a little disappointed because we couldn’t really drive close to the animals, but it was fun to see everyone else enjoy what animals we did see. We saw many giraffes, buffalo, rhinos at a distance too far to get a picture, types of gazelle, and different birds.
After the safari, we went to the nearby Baby Elephant orphanage. The babies are found with their dead mothers, who had been killed by poacher looking for ivory, or died from the drought. They raise them then slowly release them into the wild. Very interesting and they were so cute and funny!
newest addition--2 weeks old
elephants stay 24 hours 7days a week with a keeper
except for milk, they are only fed food they can find in the wild
They also are fed milk for as long as they would nurse in the wild
she's either a clown or a princess??
2 elephants playing (one is lying on top of the other)
Hope you enjoyed these pics as much as I enjoyed taking them! On Thursday, I went to the boarding high school of Missions of Hope. I related that adventure and post pictures on the next post.