Yea, that's right. Yesterday a group of us went to the Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary, which is located a little ways outside of Loitoktok. The Sanctuary is run by the Masai community, and is in the middle of the route animals take when traveling from Amboseli National Park to Tsavo National Park. Throughout our visit we saw a number of animals, namely zebra, giraffe, elephants, gazelle, hippos, etc., but the highlight was the lions. There is a lion project at the Sanctuary in which the rangers raise orphaned lions and then re-release them into the wild. There was one 7 year old male, one 7 year old female, and then two younger females. They are kept in an enclosure and literally the only thing separating you from a wild lion is a chain link fence. It was awe-inspiring. The lions would walk up to the fence and rub against just like a house cat, and then lie down pressed against it, and you could stick you hand through the holes in the fence and pet them. Obviously, we all did. It was amazing. There would be moments where I would forget I was petting a lion, and then it would stand up or just twitch or something, and then my heart would stop and I would quickly jerk my hand away. I'm pretty sure they were just letting me know that they could devour me if they really wanted. Petting the lions was unbelievable, but just being that close to them was unreal. We head to Nairobi on Sunday and there is free wifi there, so i'll upload a bunch of pictures then. That's all for now, i'll talk to you guys soon.
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