Crystal was the mastermind of the trip and every lodge that she booked us into was something special. It was low season and Kenya has been having some security issues so the first lodge – Elsa’s Kopje – we had to ourselves. If you have ever seen Born Free – that Elsa.
Kai on day 2 of safari.
A common zebra in Meru.
Not sure what kind of bird this is but it let me get very close.
An old bacherlor cape buffalo.
Landscape with Duom Palm. The only branching palm in the world. It always bifurcates.
We had the bufallos' undivided attention whereever we went.
A herd of bachelor buffalo
Baby baboon in a palm tree.
Yawning baboon.
Two giraffes at Meru
Another shot of a Goliath Heron. Maybe the same one as earlier.
Goliath Heron.
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Birds hitching a ride on the buffalo express.
Egret (?) in flight.
Zebras at Meru
Part of the vulture horde around a lion kill from the night before.
Nora in the Land Rover
Elephants in Meru.
An elephant stomping in the mud
Giraffe and elephants take shade under the same tree.
Another of the rock hyrax at Elsa's Kopje.