Making about as radical a shift as possible from
the Ark our next stop was Samburu, a lowland desert some 12000 feet lower in altitude than the previous night. In a single mornings drive we went from hoodies and long pants to t-shits and shorts.
Samburu has a very striking and unique landscape and is a haven to a number of animals we didn't see anywhere else. Such animals included the genernuk, beisa oryx,
reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, and african wild dogs. The area was also home to elephants, dikdik, leopards, swarms of baboons, and a great variety of birds.
Stranger still to think of, especially when looking back at these pictures, the Samburu area experienced extreme flooding (as it is proned to do seasonally) on a few weeks after we left. During that flood the tourists and staff of the lodge that we stayed at (on the banks of the low river in the picture above) were forced to abandon many of their possessions and take to the roofs of their cabins to avoid the rising waters.
Samburu has a very striking and unique landscape and is a haven to a number of animals we didn't see anywhere else. Such animals included the genernuk, beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, and african wild dogs. The area was also home to elephants, dikdik, leopards, swarms of baboons, and a great variety of birds.
Stranger still to think of, especially when looking back at these pictures, the Samburu area experienced extreme flooding (as it is proned to do seasonally) on a few weeks after we left. During that flood the tourists and staff of the lodge that we stayed at (on the banks of the low river in the picture above) were forced to abandon many of their possessions and take to the roofs of their cabins to avoid the rising waters.
No comments:
Post a Comment