{"id":54677,"date":"2021-09-10T13:22:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=54677"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T19:22:54","slug":"mingling-with-giraffes-at-sunset-near-amboseli-national-park-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2021\/09\/10\/mingling-with-giraffes-at-sunset-near-amboseli-national-park-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Mingling with Giraffes at Sunset Near Amboseli National Park in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We saw giraffes all throughout our time in Kenya and Tanzania, but our first encounters with them was in Amboseli National Park. Many of the giraffes that we saw weren’t actually in the parks themselves but outside of the parks where there were often more trees. Due to delays in our flight to Nairobi, we ended up getting to Amboseli at dusk and we ended up seeing our first giraffe with the sun setting behind the acacia trees. We were completely exhausted from being up for 48 hours, so we didn’t pull out our camera and capture the image. We did, however, have our guide, David, take us back out to the trees that surrounded our camp at sunset the following night in order to try and recreate the experience. We were lucky enough to see a family of giraffes amongst the trees as we watched an incredible sunset, one of many that we would end up seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many Giraffes Amongst Other Animals During the Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giraffe with the Sun Behind Us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the Young Giraffes with the Sunset in the Background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giraffe Eating Leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brilliant Sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Baby Giraffe While We Waited for Sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking at Us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We’re sure that we drove our guide crazy as we had him move our Land Cruiser to different spots around the many giraffes that were enjoying a late dinner in order to catch them in different lighting and angles. At this point of our trip, we had no idea how many giraffes we would ultimately end up seeing, but the experience of watching the young giraffes with the sun setting in the background was certainly a highlight. We even got a photograph of a giraffe at sunrise on the following morning, which only added to our memories of Amboseli. Wherever we saw giraffes, it was clear that they kept a watchful eye on us to make sure that we didn’t move towards them, but that just gave us the opportunity to make eye-contact with them. It certainly made us wonder what they were thinking about us as we stood in our vehicle taking pictures of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun Setting as We Watched the Giraffes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giraffe the Following Morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another Image of the Sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giraffe at Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Making Eye-Contact<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Very First Giraffe that We Saw on Our First Full Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very Curious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We saw giraffes all throughout our time in Kenya and Tanzania, but our first encounters with them was in Amboseli National Park. Many of the giraffes that we saw weren’t actually in the parks themselves but outside of the parks where there were often more trees. Due to delays in our flight to Nairobi, we … <\/p>\n

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