Kenya Savannah Grassland

Kenya Savannah Grassland
The Savannah has very few trees so there was not much shade for dad and me to park the 4-wheel drive under. Most of the trees were surrendered by lions, monkeys, hyenas or wilder beasts, so we just had to stay in the sun and boil as we took pictures of the animals. Dad had the shot gun in his hands if any dangerous animals started to attack us in our 4-wheel drive, if they kept on coming we would have to drive away and leave it for another day. After we’d watched these animals for a while we drove down to the water hole to see if there were some cool animals there. When we got there, we saw a black rhinoceros drinking from the far side of the water hole. A troop of baboons came down to the water for a drink but didn’t realise that there was a cheetah watching their every move. It was moving straight for the old male on the outside of the troop. The cheetah started to sprint with amazing speed; it zoomed past the 4-wheel drive and had reached the troop in seconds. The alarm call went though the troop and they all scattered in to the trees but it was too late for the old male, it had been caught be the cheetah. Three cheetah cubs ran out into the open and started to eat once the mother had finished.
The people of Kenya are called the Masai. Whilst we were there we saw them build thorn fences around their camps to stop the lions and other dangerous animals from getting to an easy meal of goat from a farmers pen. They also made fires and danced around it singing to the spirits to keep them safe during the night. In the day they danced in large groups and jumped very high into the air.