Samburu

 

Samburu meant our first real game runs.  Compared to Mountain Lodge it was hot, but nobody seemed to mind.  Animals of all kinds abounded.  But first we stopped for our first of several trips across the equator.

                                                              

 

 
Our home for the next few nights.

  Elephants greeted us on the way to the lodge

Dawn seemed to come early in Samburu

  Of course, we saw reticulated giraffe

Warthogs always provided comic relief

 

  This lioness is known as Ol Kamuniak (the Blessed One) to the Samburu because she has adopted orphaned baby oryx

Termite mounds dot the landscape

  Vultures waited on the riverbank

The horns of the male impala became familiar

  Often he was seen with a harem of females

Zebras formed cooperative fly-swatters

  The long-necked gerenuk wandered by

Cheetahs hunted in the brush

  Or sat on the rocks

Weaver bird nests were in almost every tree

  The shy oryx was often elusive

Leopards also took some hunting, but we found one taking an afternoon nap before the evening hunt

  Dik-diks were plentiful but hard to photograph

Despite the aridity, there was water for the crested crane

  Baboons were often spotted at the waterside

Elephants preferred the bush

  Birds were seen in trees and on the wing

Sometimes the black-faced vervet monkeys at the Lodge wanted to come along   And at night we retreated behind out mosquito netting to prepare for another day.

 

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