Amboseli

Amboseli is just in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro. However it is mostly just shadowed. Kilimanjaro was clouded most of the time we were there-- or at least hazy.But we had fun! We saw a hyaena colony. However, they are good at hiding. We saw elephants from a distance and right beside the road. One morning, we drove through an area and there were elephants on both sides of the road eating and socializing, crossing the road in front of and behind us. We spent about 1/2 an hour just watching them-- each watching out our sides of the windows.
When this big guy, beside the road started flapping his ears, we got a little worried. But we were okay.
Elder Watt took this great picture of a Maasi woman and her children. There are many maasi in this area and we passed their thorn bush enclosed villages.
We saw many monkeys and baboons. Lots of buffalo and antelope. Since you've seen pictures of gazelles and waterbuck and buffalo, I didn't put those up.This was funny. Sister Watt, put a bag of food in their car and left the door open. Suddenly a monkey jumped in the car and grabbed a bag of chips. He raced up this tree and had a grand time munching on them. I suppose the entertainment value was worth the loss of the chips. On the way out of the park we saw gerenuks! These antelope have long necks and don't need water. They collect enough liquid from the plants they eat. Their trademark is standing on their back feet and eating the higher leaves.
This photo is courtesy of Elder Watt.