We left Nairobi this morning on a tiny plane and arrived in northern Kenya — the Samburu region. We are both excited to return; we both love it here. It is high desert-very hot. We were met by our guide for the week -Jelly.
The first animal we saw, from the plane as he ran very quickly across the runway, was a Somali ostrich. This is one of the Samburu big five, distinguished by his blue neck. The first mammal we saw was an impala. We saw several Impala herds, a baboon troop, a group of bull elephants, dik-diks, and gerenuks (another is Samburu big five–an antelope with a giraffe-like neck). This was just on our short drive to the camp.
We are eating lunch outside overlooking the river. We have to keep our tent zipped due to the monkeys! We are going on a game drive this evening. Tomorrow we are spending the day at Shivani’s camp where she has a project for us.
Looking Out Seeing Within 