Safari Day 4 - Samburu to Aberdare

We were serenaded to sleep by the sound of lions outside our camp and heard the camp monkeys and baboons challenge each other throughout the night. We were up early this morning and prepare to leave our camp at Samburu and travel to the Aberdare National Park.



One of the camp moneys giving us a sendoff.



We pass some Oryx as we combine a game drive through the Sambrur park and head to Aberdare National Park.





A Gerenuk, also known as a Giraffe Necked Gazelle.



Gerenuks are able to stand on their hind legs to feed and use their long necks to reach leaves and shoots 6 – 8 feet above the ground.



A male Ostrich





As we near the exit of the Samburu park we encounter a troop (group) of baboons.





On the highway to Aberdare National Park we encounter some traffic issues.



This storefront in a small town caught my attention.



Coffee and goats are both big business in Kenya.



It seems like everybody, everywhere in Kenya has a cell phone.



Roadside markets are everywhere along the highways.



Another rest stop with wood carvers demonstrating their skills.



Today's lunch is at the Aberdare Country Club at Muiga in the Nyeri region of the Aberdare Highlands.





The view from the Aberdare Country Club restaurant.



While we enjoyed our lunch this young bushbuck enjoyed a meal a few feet away.



In exchange for the bushbuck's meal it was required to do some lawn mowing.



Several other wild and domesticated animals, such as this peacock, roam freely throughout the country club.

We still have more traveling before reaching The Ark Lodge in the Aberdare National Park. This will be covered in the next posting.