Elephants from a Mudbath

Elephants
run mud on themselves to provide protection from the suns heat Elephants
have three distinctly different forms of bathing; in water, mud and dust. All
forms are also a way for them to socialize, whether at a mud wallow or a
watering hole, where they interact with each other and even spray each other.

A Complete Wilderness- Meru National Park

Meru National Park covers an area of 870 kilometers square; it is one of the most famous known parks of Kenya, located in a part of a vast expanse of savanna in the basin of the Tana River on the relatively rainy eastern side of Mount Kenya. Meru National Park has three bordering parks and reserves. Bisanadi National Reserve forms the continuation of the park to the east, while on the other side of the Tana River, to the south, lies North Kitui National Reserve and the much bigger Kora National Park. These three wildlife areas are not yet easily accessed. Meru National Park gets the most of its waters from Nyambene Hills, the park gets progressively drier as you head southeast towards the Tana River, where the altitude averages around 300m and temperatures are correspondingly higher, Because of the many south-east-flowing Rivers, much of the park feels like an assortment of long islands sandwiched between the rivers, with park roads gyrating back and forth overcrossing points

Main Gate

Evening Camp fire

@ camp fire in the evening

Sunrise at the Campsite

Sunrise

Sunrise at the Campsite

Chestnut Weavers breeding

Reticulated giraffes on a march

Pitta's Grave

River Tana

Tana River

Zebras and Oryx

Eurasian Roller- a migrant from Europe

Elephants feeding

Red Elephants of Tsavo East

Elephant foot despite carrying between three to six tons,
they are incredibly sensitive, the sole is paddled with soft elastic cartilage
which cushion each step so that unlike the clickety clack of hoofed animals an
elephant’s enormous footstep is virtually muted ,they use the feet to read the
environment,

Nairobi National Park in Pictures

                                                The Main Entrance

                                             Leopard Tortoise

                                              Different skulls at Hippo pools

                                             Serval Cat

                                             Serval Cat

                                          Serval Cat

                                         Bohor's Reedbuck and a Blacksmith Plover

                                                 Zebras in Vast plains

                                         White backed Vultures having a drink

                                              One of the Rhinos in the Park

                                                Warthog and Coke's Hartebeest

                                                White Stork- a migrant from Europe

                                            Egyptian Geese

          Croton dichogamus- a bush that Lions like to rest under-they have properties that keep off flies

                                                 Maasai Giraffe

                                                Maasai dance at the Main Gate 

                                            Martial Eagle

Luhya Isikuti Dance

Elephant Scratching...