Common in all the plains areas we visited and strikingly beautiful every time, zebras were an encounter we rarely tired of. Despite their stripes standing out so vividly against the many green and blue areas we visited, this pattern is clearly beneficial as there are great numbers of them everywhere. We saw two subspecies of zebras in our travels, the more widespread ones were Grant's Zebras as seen below.
Grevy's zebras were found only in
Samburu and can be easily distinguished by their finer stripes and white bellies. They have carved out a niche for themselves by being able to survive better in the arid desert areas than the Grant's and are also slightly larger.
While Grant's zebras typically migrate alongside the wildebeest, their reproductive cycles are not in synch and as such there were many zebra foals to be spotted in our travels, all of which were charming and adorable. Their fuzzier coat never ceased to delight and they were always very curious and brave making them easy to photograph as well.
Grevy's zebras were found only in Samburu and can be easily distinguished by their finer stripes and white bellies. They have carved out a niche for themselves by being able to survive better in the arid desert areas than the Grant's and are also slightly larger.
While Grant's zebras typically migrate alongside the wildebeest, their reproductive cycles are not in synch and as such there were many zebra foals to be spotted in our travels, all of which were charming and adorable. Their fuzzier coat never ceased to delight and they were always very curious and brave making them easy to photograph as well.
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