Wild life in Amboseli, Kenya

Amboseli is apparently the best wildlife area in Africa to see elephants up-close and personal … and we certainly weren’t disappointed.

Apart from the elephants we got to see buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, Masai giraffe, Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, lions, hippos, spotted hyena, yellow baboon, fringe-eared oryx, gerenuk, lesser kudu and eland … and birds galore. More animals and birds than I could point a stick at.

Seeing so many lions … and particularly coming across two lions sleeping in the road (dirt track actually) … who simply couldn’t be bothered to move when our jeep came along … incredible.

It was lucky for my travelling companions that I was there to protect them should anything have gone awry … fearless Woody to the rescue in the blink of an eye !!!

Unfortunately they forgot to take a picture of the unsung hero …