Anthills of the Savannah

Celebrating natural beauty forms a critical part of the Kenyan economy and formed a crucial part of our Kenyan journey. We hope you enjoy this visual display of the physical wonders of Kenya.

Anthills of the Savannah: Kenya's Natural Beauty, Part I

Although Chinua Achebe wrote his well-regarded novel of this title about a fictitious country in western Africa, it is not hard to imagine why the anthills could be a source of inspiration. They so fully dotted the landscape of Kenya, especially in the south, that from a distance, we often mistook them for animals. And animals there were! Imagine our delight at the unbelievable physical beauty of the savannahs and the species and varieties of all animals. We enjoyed the benefit of sunny days, warm red sunsets, and fortunate timing of our trip with the Great Migration of wildebeest from Tanzania. We saw so many four-legged hooved animals that we became adept at distinguishing a hartebeest from a gazelle from an impala. We learned the distinctions between the two types of zebra. We spent countless minutes observing elephants. In the end, we realized a shared hope for a lion sighting with a private audience with a resting lion couple who were thankfully very sleepy and, thus, uninterested in the close proximity of our bush car.

Laurel









































Photos:
"Termite Hill," Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Laurel Seid)
"Colors of the Savannah," Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Claudia Daggett)
"Taita Heaven," Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Claudia Daggett)
"Maasai Mara Giraffe and Wildebeest" (Laurel Seid)
"Face to Face with a Wildebeest," Maasai Mara National Park (Claudia Daggett)
"Hippo on the Banks of the Mara River," Maasai Mara National Park (Muddy Waters)
"Taita Impala," Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Claudia Daggett)
"Zebra Pair," Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Claudia Daggett)
"Bath," Salt Licks Lodge, Taita Hills (Claudia Daggett)
"Lioness," Maasai Mara National Park (Claudia Daggett)
"Lion," Maasai Mara National Park (Claudia Daggett)