Day 14: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Today was a full day with 2 safari drives and a visit to a Women’s Samburu village that was equivalent to our “Women’s Shelter” – it was a village of Samburu women and their children that was set up by the women themselves because they had been discarded by their husbands or chose to leave because of the abuse (primarily beating) their husbands gave them.

Some team members stayed at the lodge for a variety of reasons for one or both of the safari drives, but for those who went, the animals seen today included:

A leopard in a tree was the highlight of the morning drive
Giraffes (During the afternoon drive, we got to watch one get a drink of water and that was pretty cool.)
Elephants
Zebras (a highlight of the afternoon drive was watching one playfully run around).
Kari bussard
Gazelles
Impalas
Oryx
Vultures
Cheetah (Two were laying under a tree but they never got so that we could fully see them; still, this was a highlight for the afternoon drive.)
Dik dik
Martial eagles
Batleur eagles
Warthogs

Submitted by Kellye J