It was our last day in Laikipia, Kenya when we saw these lion cubs playing in a tree. There was a third cub as well — and the mother resting in the brush just to the right of these two 3-month olds. There wasn’t a lot of light so early in the morning, but every now and again, the cubs stopped moving for an instant and I was able to capture the moment.
For all you orangutan fans out there, here’s another quick break from the Kenyan action. This young guy was one of the very human-friendly orangutans living in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo.
I was hoping for clouds in the sky on our final morning in Lewa, Kenya but none were to be had when we spotted two white rhinoceros in front of Mount Kenya. Even without the clouds, it was a beautiful morning made even better by all the great landscape opportunities (Lewa was the most picturesque of the four areas we visited — although they were all fairly spectacular). We saw quite a few white rhino there, as well as plenty of black rhino, which I’ll post soon.
They call this guy the red headed agama lizard for good reason (there is also a blue headed agama — they call that one by its name for good reason too). The males have this Spider man like appearance while the females are more brownish in color. They are widespread throughout much of Africa. This one was spotted in the Masai Mara.
We saw two types of mongoose on the Kenya trip — banded and dwarf. This one is the dwarf mongoose and he was actually lurking around the edge of our camp. I spotted him while walking to our safari vehicle for our afternoon game drive. Always nice to get a few shots in the bag before you even make it to the car.
