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Grey crowned cranes |
Herd of elephants |
Amboseli is generally considered the best place in Africa to see elephants, which is why half the photos on this page are of elephants. |
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Eastern chanting goshawk |
Eastern chanting goshawk |
Amboseli at sunset |
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Zebras with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background |
One of the big draws of Amboseli is seeing wildlife with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background. But I got screwed over with haze/clouds, so I never got a real clear view of the entire mountain. |
Nice right hook! |
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Male gerenuk |
Gerenuk is Somali for "giraffe-necked" |
Two female gerenuks |
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They can graze by standing on their hind legs and extending their necks, similar to a giraffe. Never saw that in action though. |
Male gerenuk |
The drive in to Amboseli was the only time the entire trip that I saw a gerenuk |
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Mom & baby baboon |
Baby baboon |
Baby baboon |
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Family grooming |
Baby baboon |
Baby baboon |
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Blue wildebeest. You are really goofy looking. |
Amboseli is a really dusty place, and it's common to see dust devils form in the afternoon |
A more substantial dust devil |
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Herd of elephants |
Herd of elephants |
Baby elephant |
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So on the left, you can see part of a pride of lions that looked like they were eating a kill. On the right, you can see the pack of hyenas that were after the kill. |
The pack of hyenas made some probing moves forward, and eventually the lions gave up and walked away. |
The result was the lioness started walking away, and was followed by five lion cubs |
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The lion cubs working their way towards the road |
Going off-road is strictly forbidden at Amboseli, so you basically had to pick your intercept spot and hope you guessed right |
The horde of jeeps jockying for position. That was the drawback with Kenya - much more crowded than Tanzania. So once you commmited to your intercept guess, you eventually got boxed in and couldn't move. |
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In the end, we ended up guessing close enough |
Lioness & lion cubs |
Lioness & lion cubs |
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Warthog family |
Exhibitionist baboon |
Chilling out at an abandoned game lodge. Apparently the owners owed too much in back taxes and just decided to vanish. |
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Nursing baby elephant |
Nursing baby elephant |
Amboseli sunset |
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Elephant |
Female ostrich |
Male ostrich |
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Elephant |
Dust bath |
Nursing baby elephant |
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Fighting zebras |
Zebra dust bath |
Zebra |
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I think he's practicing for when he has to cross the Mara River |
Seems a little overly dramatic though, given that it's just a puddle |
Cape buffalo |
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Herd of elephants |
Herd of elephants |
Play fighting |
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Baby elephant post-mud bath |
Baby elephant post-mud bath |
I call this one "Elephant Pissing" |
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Elephant teamwork |
Elephant teamwork |
Eventually one of them just took it and ran |
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Bably elephant |
Herd of elephants |
Baby elephant |
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Herd of elephants |
Warthogs |
I think this is a female bushbuck |
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Grey crowned cranes, including some juveniles |
Baby elephant |
Baby elephant |
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Mt. Kilimanjaro |
Maasai giraffe |
Maasai giraffe |
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Mom & baby Maasai giraffes |
Thomson's gazelle with crossed horns, apparently a birth defect |
Female gerenuk |
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Thomson's gazelles with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background |
Someday I'll do the trek to the top... |
Thomson's gazelle with broken horns |
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Thomson's gazelles, wildebeests, and zebras |
Elephant crossing |
A ton of elephants |
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Hippos |
Baboon |
Elephant |
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Hyena |
Swampy area of Amboseli |
One of the few wet areas in the park |
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Mt. Kilimanjaro |
Herd of elephants |
Elephant |
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Baboon family |
Baboon family |
Baby baboon nursing |
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Checking on the baby |
Baby elephant nursing |
Elephants |
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That same wildebeest from earlier |
Wildebeest |
Elephant |
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Elephant |
Playing in the water |
Doing a back flop |
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Herd of elephants |
Wildebeests |
Elephants |
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Baby elephant |
View of Mt. Kilimanjaro from the Kibo Safari Camp |
Got bit by something. Never found out what. |
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The bar at Kibo Safari Camp |
Kibo Safari Camp tent |
Kibo Safari Camp tent interior |
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Typical boxed cold lunch if you opt to stay out on the game drive instead of going back to the camps for a hot lunch |
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