Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Amboseli (Day 1)

6/19
     After leaving Tsavo West, we were driven through Maasai country to Amboseli National Park, in Kenya near the border of Tanzania, with Mount Kilamanjaro serving as the backdrop.
     The drive was fascinating - Maasai herding their livestock, and the school children waving at the van.  I wish we had taken more photos along the drive.  We arrived at Amboseli at approximately 4PM, in time for the afternoon game-drive.  With the open plains, it is impossible to miss the larger animals.  We saw lions, elephants (including a herd crossing the road), our first wildebeests, our first hyena and all forms of antelope.

Mt Kilamanjaro hiding behind clouds over Amboseli



Elephants crossing the road in front of us

Galloping wildebeests

Crested Crane (the official bird of Uganda)

Cory Bustard,  (the heaviest flying bird) with chicks

Hyena

Elephant at sunset



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