We headed north for the long day in the car…
anticipating seeing some animals in this gorgeous
Akagera Park.
This Goliath Herron was our first sighting…
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| And he flew away….. Huge wing span! |
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| Pretty along side of the lake. |
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| I think this blur in the water --(you can see his head near the flowers) is a monitor lizard. |
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Aren't these water hyacinth spectacular?
So delicate to have hippos walking atop of them.
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| From here on for awhile.. just enjoy the scenery! |
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| Elizabeth and Brian in the backseat!! |
AH -HA… THE CROC!!
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| PEEK-A-BOO! |
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| LOVE THIS! |
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And then lunch….near the hippos…. They were even passing gas in the water.
OH.. the hippos, not this gorgeous family. hahahaha!
Have you ever seen or heard that happen? Quite a treat! |
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| Our driver, resting! |
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| Another Croc! |
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| Closer! |
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| Closer Still! Teeth??? |
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| Tail Up! |
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| Out with the giraffes!!!! |
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| I love this picture!! |
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| Elizabeth, you have a giraffe standing on your head!! |
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| Favorite mom and the kids picture! |
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| My favorite family shot! |
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| Mutual respect! |
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| Elizabeth and the graceful ones! |
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| They started towards us as we walked to them. |
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| Colin and the tall guys in the plains! |
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| "Wait, where are you going?" |
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| Drink Time! |
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| On the way down…. Check out those double joints! |
Made it!!
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| Always posing! |
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| Is that an elephant ahead? |
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| Yes!! |
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| And one behind! |
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| Now we're in the middle of them…. |
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| A big one and an itsy bitsy one!! |
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| There's a better view! |
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| Off they go! |
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| Last look… |
Then we reached the open plains…. 100's of animals grazing. One group of either bush back or impalas jumped ahead of the car for a good 5 minutes…. They just kept coming and leaping
across the road. Colin took a great video!
The kids have been great for such a long day in the car
but after this point… we still have a couple hours drive back to
Kigali…But a beautiful day in the Akagera National Park!!
love,
margie
