2002 Kenya safari: digital images

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Our trip was from 3rd - 24th July 2002, and our itinerary was as follows:

3rd July - Glasgow -> London Heathrow -> Nairobi.
4th July - Overnight Nairobi
5th - 7th July - Amboseli NP, staying at Ol Tukai Lodge (driver-guide Ibrahim)
8th July - after lunch, returned to overnight in Nairobi
9th - 13th July - Met by Jimmy and onward to Samburu/Buffalo Springs, staying at Samburu Serena Lodge
14th July - Treetops
15th - 16th July - Lake Baringo Island Camp
17th - 18th July - Loldia House, Lake Naivasha
19th - 22nd July - Masai Mara, staying at Keekorok Lodge
23rd July - picnic lunch en route back to overnight in Nairobi.
24th July - morning at the National Museum, later afternoon birding around the golf course at the Muthaiga Club. Dinner and floorshow at the Carnivore before our overnight flight back to London, connecting the next morning with our shuttle to Glasgow.

We had a fantastic trip - thanks to Ibrahim and Jimmy, our driver-guides, and to Catherine from Worldwide Journeys and Expeditions in London, and Sophie from Express Travel Group in Nairobi.

The 'rushes' pages (starting here) show some of the photos Duncan took with his Fuji Finepix 2800 zoom digicam on this trip. He just bought it at Heathrow when we had a big sit-over waiting for our international flight.

This is our Kamba driver-guide, Jimmy, who accompanied us on most of our trip, except for Amboseli. This is our third safari together, so he is used to our unusual little foibles, exemplified by our new motto, "A digging mole-rat is better than a sleeping lion." He assures us that this is not a viewpoint shared by most of his clients!

This Bohor Reedbuck was standing right in the swamp at Amboseli, waiting for his mate, giving us time for nice observation of it. I have only seen this species once before, at Ruma NP, but at a fair distance, and Duncan saw one very briefly in the waterhole at Keekorok on our first trip.

.	We stayed for two nights at Loldia House on Lake Naivasha. This was very luxurious - we were pampered to perfection. Activities included birding, boating, riding, visiting the local school, visiting Crater Lake sanctuary etc.

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