Safari Day 3 - Samburu

After arriving late at our camp we went to sleep with the sounds of hyenas outside of camp and were awoken several times by monkeys and baboons within the camp. We are up early for a morning game drive before breakfast.



Just outside of camp we find a pair of dik-diks. These small antelope stand 12 to 15 inches high and weigh 6 to 11 pounds.



The vulterine guinea fowl are everywhere in the morning.



Large flocks of hundreds of vulterine guinea fowl.



Female impalas



Male Impala



Female Waterbuck



This was a very rare sight, African Wild Dogs.



Wild dogs have been hunted to near-extinction and only around 6,600 left in the wild.



This was a small pack of less than a dozen.



Cheetah





Near the Ewaso Ng'iro River we found elephants browsing the thorny acacia.







A Martial Eagle with a freshly killed guinea fowl on the bank of the Ewaso Ng'iro River.



We were able to get very close to the Martial Eagle as it prepared to feed this guinea fowl to its chicks in a nearby nest.





Reticulated Giraffe






In between the morning and afternoon game drives we check out the camp which is located next to the Ewaso Ng'iro River.



Mary checking the view behind the dining hall.



Inside the dining hall and lounge area.



The bar area



Spa and Boutique



In the evening we had a presentation by a Samburu chief on tribal traditions of the villagers.