We were woken pre-dawn with flasks of
tea and coffee delivered to the tent and after a quick shower we're ready for
the off - this is our only full day here so we have to make the most of it!
This pride of lions was quite a long way away but as they are not
particularly common in the area I thought I'd take a photo.
We met this small herd enjoying the long grass and basking in the early morning sunshine.
This Little Egret was enjoying the ride.
And our first Bee-Eater which unfortunately was on a man-made piece of wire.
As I said yesterday Amboseli has some very large elephants. This male had walked from Tanzania (quite a long way) and was approaching the females one by one looking for a mate. Junior knew where he'd come from as he was a distinctive red colour from the soil he'd dusted himself with. All the females turned him down and eventually he wandered off to try his luck elsewhere.
Junior said we were having a picnic breakfast and drove us to a dried up river bed area - the picnic was done with real style.
Chris was waiting with soap and water.
Table all laid ready.
And after breakfast, more elephant - well they are the area's most famous residents
Warthog
Wildebeest - not all are involved in the Great Migration (to/from the Serengeti), some are resident.
The rather strange Kori Bustard; the male has an extremely thick neck which is puffed up in mating season (shame we didn't get to see it).
