First stop on our safari was Tsavo West NP in SE Kenya.
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Greeting us as we arrived were these lizards.
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This guy was not a bright, but had interesting markings.
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Also greeting us at every stop were the vendors selling souvenirs. Friendly and all spoke perfect english.
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We stayed in nice resorts like this one in Tsavo West National Park with great views and a watering hole to watch animals at.
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The view from our room window at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
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The lodge was built from stone with a thatched roof.
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The watering hole at the lodge had many animals including this marabous stork and baboon.
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Female (L) and Male Waterbucks (R) at the watering hole. The male had 3 females with him.
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We coould look down at animlas like this young baboon wantering the grounds.
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Or this ferocious man-eating turtle...
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Lizards were all over the rocks around the lodge, just like home.
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And monkeys in the trees watched our passing.
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Tsavo has many herds of zebra.
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And ostriches.
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Hadada ibis
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Views of the mountains to the south on a day with unsettled weather.
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Rain in the distant mountains
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More distant rain. Africa has exciting skies, along with sunrises and sunsets.
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Fog and rain in the distant mountains.
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A dik-dik, the smallest antelope, weighs about 4 kg ( 9 #)
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Our fitst giraffe sighting.
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African grey hornbill.
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Hartebeest or kongoni
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Skull of some large animal, probably a buffalo where someone has taken the horns.
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Bones of another large animla. You can see the intact spine in the weeds.
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Mzima Springs are fed by snow melts and flowing water from the nearby mountains, flowing through the porous volcanic rock.
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Good advice!
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African darter (a cormorant variety) in the rain.
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Mom and baby monkey.
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