Samburu was the first of three national parks we visited.
This was the first animal we saw upon entering the park. It's a gerenuk, or giraffe antelope, so called because it gets up on its hind legs to eat the bushes.
These were the first elephants we saw, and Andrew was grinning from ear to ear. After watching them for five minutes, he said that the whole trip had been worth it, he didn't care if he didn't see another animal and he could go home then and there happy.
20 minutes later, he's already getting blasé.
We saw tons of antelopes, gazelles, and these guys, which are oryx's. One of my favourite moments was when we stopped the truck, turned the engine off, and a herd of oryx crossed the road in front of us, the pounding of their hooves the only sound for miles. It was beautiful.
This was where we camped for the first two nights. Our site was just in behind the trees on the right.
A troop of baboons lived at the site, and plagued the cook, Isaac, by constantly trying to steal our food. Isaac spent a lot of time throwing stones at them to chase them away. They were also a handy early-warning system, because they would call in the middle of the night if they spotted a lion or leopard prowling around. If you heard the baboons yelling, you knew there was a "big cat" out there...
"Our" baboon troop crossing the river.
A crocodile watching their crossing...
Andy's spot throughout the whole safari: Standing up at the back of the truck, on the lookout.
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