AFRICA- The Mara, Entim Camp, Kenya – 18th Sept 2018 – Day 5

5.50 and off again after a wake-up at 5.30 with coffee and biscuits. Its dead on time too – I set my alarm for 5.28 and he is here 2 mins later. The bird chorus is awakening, in the distance I hear the river rapids, nearby staff chatting. Love it.

12pm We drove to a different area today, more open grassland savannah, spotted with the umbrella acacias, and divided by green belts of trees along the stream banks. Not as many animals, but still sufficient to keep us busy. The tracks a deeply rutted in the now dry black clay; tracks are often wide as vehicles choose less muddy routes.

We saw a vulture, many giraffe, one couple we watched for an hour as ‘he’ tried is luck without success. An elephant family attracted us for a while, a herd of buffalo, a multicoloured Lilac-breasted roller, and a baboon tribe (one male had been badly mauled). Breakfast was on a river bank, all laid out ready as we arrived. Luxury!

NOTE: I update as the day goes, and sometimes go back to add or correct past blogs.

It is now 12.30, nearly lunch time. I need to find 3 or 4 images for a review at 3, before setting out at 4. The heat is rising, birds are calling, and it’s so good to be away from the current ‘offensive’ culture.  

The afternoon drive was shorter owing to the image review, so we didn’t drive far – perhaps 5 km. I am now very keen to see all the same animals again as I made a pretty serious error in not checking the image type on the 7D which I use mostly with the long lens. The shots are good, but don’t allow for much processing.

We spent some time with a large herd of zebra allowing for many shots, then a beautiful waterbuck, and an elephant. As the sun set behind a ridge we were able to shoot silhouettes of the zebra against the orange sky, and lastly the ‘ostrich’ tree at the Entim entry. the lantern in a tree trunk is one of many to light the path to the tents.

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