Amboseli National Park is in south central Kenya on the border with Tanzania. It is close to Kilimanjoro and midway between Nairobi and Mombasa. We had intended to spend three days there but two proved to be enough to see the Park. It was dusty and windy and we moved on after two days. It was late September 2010 and near the end of the dry season and that probably contributed to the dust but it also concentrated the animals around the marshes.
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Amboseli NP One of the most visited parks in Kenya. It is about mid-way between...
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Our camp at Amboseli This was a very new camp and they were still working on it. The tent...
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The JOYS OF LIFE It doesn't take much to make my friend happy-just toilets that flush. The...
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Breakfast When we were in these camps our cook, Titus, provided all our meals. He did a...
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Camp improvements Since this was a new camp they were planting bushes and flowers to...
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Rose bush They are truely trying to make the desert blossom like a rose. I wish them...
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Tent shelter They were still building these shelter to protect the tents. It is mostly to...
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Marabou Storks This tree was just a short walk from our camp and proved a favorite roosting...
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Masai Giraffe The first animals we saw, in the Park, were thes fellows.
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Masai Giraffe My wife says "Eyelashes to kill for". They heavy lashes help...
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Lions This pair of young males were traveling at a good pace. They are too young to...
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Lions Three large males in their prime. Note elephants in the background.
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"Devil-winds" of Amboseli The winds seems to blow all the time. I asked one of the camp workers if it...
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Amboseli means "devil wind" There were always the swirling winds, that we call 'dust devils" at...
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Elephants There were elephants everywhere. They have been protected, and...
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Tusks Many elephants, in Amboseli, had tusks that grew almost together in...
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Elephants The tusks we saw here seemed to be slender and not nearly as heavy as...
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Elephant Amboseli is fed by springs that carry water from Kilimanjoro and so...
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Elephant and calf This is a very young calf and its mother was being careful to keep it...
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Elephant and calf Little tyke is getting his dinner. Note that the cow has her udders...
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Elephant sparring match These two youngsters were putting on a real show. The bigger one would...
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Elephants Part of a breeding herd made up of females and their calves and led by the...
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Elephant feeding The elephant wraps its truck around a bunch of grass and holds it taut then...
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Elephants As always, they got tired of looking at us before we got tired of them.
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Thomson's Gazelle Small antelope with the black side stripe, white rump an dark tail.
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