Update #4 East Africa B

Hi family and friends!
We were incredibly blessed by a family from the states to be able to experience a three-day safari sabbath in the middle of our time here in East Africa. After a 4 hour commute we arrived at the National Park. Immediately after entering the park we encountered a giraffe on our way to the Safari Lodge. The lodge was incredible, and the view on top of the ridge overlooking the nearly dried up river was breathtaking. It was not long before we saw monkeys running around the lodge and swinging in the trees.

After lunch we went swimming, and a snake slithered its way out of a nearby water drain. One of the workers ran to a man nearby, whom quickly grabbed a broomstick and chased the snake up a tree. The man who came to the rescue was B, the owner of the lodge and our tour guide during our stay. He told us the snake was known as an African Tree snake and it was extremely poisonous. B personally had never seen one as large as the one we encountered.

After settling in we went on our first three hour safari tour around the park. We were amazed at the vast number of wild animals, including wildebeests, zebras, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, vultures, mongeese, and a variety of others. The first day was capped off by seeing a leopard hanging out in a tree right next to the road and overlooking the land nearby.

Over the next two days we toured the park three more times, and we were blessed to see the three main cats, including the lions, a leopard, and a cheetah. Arguably, the pinnacle of the trip was witnessing a family of lion cubs wrestling and a family of elephants that made their way through the lodge as the scanvanged the trees for food.