Downtown Nairobi, from the Serena Inn.
Dinner at the Carnivore restaurant, Nairobi. No more 'game' though, as the Kenyan government have banned it - pity.
Carnivore Restaurant - the kitchen...
Daphne Sheldrick's elephant orphanage, near Nairobi.
Daphne Sheldrick's elephant orphanage.
Warthog around Daphne Sheldrick's elephant orphanage.
At Daphne Sheldrick's elephant orphanage.
The Giraffe Centre, Langata, Nairobi - a centre for Rothschild's giraffes, on the site of the original Giraffe Manor.
The Giraffe Centre, Langata, Nairobi
Lunch at a trout farm, on the slopes of Mount Kenya, en-route to Samburu - with resident black and white colobus monkeys.
The trout farm.
The first game park lodge - at Samburu in the north.
Samburu Serena Lodge.
Breakfast with sparkling wine ! - Samburu Serena Lodge.
Superb starlings, Samburu
Samburu - Hornbill - this one tried to get into our room (no idea why!). I think its a Van Der Deckens' Hornbill.
Samburu - White headed Buffalo Weaver birds.
Samburu - Common Bulbul
Nubian Woodpecker at the lodge, Samburu.
Samburu - Female Agama Lizard.
Hills around Samburu game reserve.
Samburu game reserve.
Samburu - Lion !
Samburu - Dik Dik, packed lunch for lions...
Samburu - reticulated giraffe
Samburu - crocodile !
Samburu - helmeted guinea fowl.
Samburu - leopard !
Samburu - herd of common tourist buses.
Samburu - Rosy-patched Bush Shrike.
Samburu - Black-faced Sandgrouse.
Samburu - gerenuk, local speciality.
Samburu - gerenuk.
Samburu - cheetah with cubs. (there were actually 5!, but not easily seen)
Samburu - cheetah with cubs.
Samburu.
Samburu - superb starlings.
Samburu - elephant !
Samburu - elephant calf.
Samburu - impala.
Samburu - lion !
Samburu - eagle, to be identified.
Samburu - weaver bird with nests.
Samburu - beisa oryx.
Samburu - Grevy's zebra, a local speciality.
Samburu - reticulated giraffe.
Samburu - olive baboon. These guys were wandering around the lodge grounds. (this one is ducking under the fence...)
Samburu - olive baboon.
Samburu - marabou stork and a crocodile queueing up for the food put out by the lodge staff.
Samburu - marabou stork getting the free handout first.
Samburu - crocodile feeding next.
Samburu - a genet cat put in an appearance for the lodge food.
Samburu - and last a leopard arrives.
Leaving Samburu Serena lodge - my personal favourite game park. One day I hope to go back again.
The waterhole at the Serena Mountain Lodge, on the slopes of Mount Kenya. Yes, I think the island is supposed to be Africa...
Serena Mountain Lodge
Serena Mountain Lodge - Cape buffalo.
Serena Mountain Lodge - Defasso waterbuck.
Serena Mountain Lodge - bushbuck.
Serena Mountain Lodge - Genet cat on the feeding platform at night.
Serena Mountain Lodge - as we set off on our guided walk.
Serena Mountain Lodge - forest on the mountain side.
Serena Mountain Lodge - break in our guided walk for tea in a clearing! No roughing it here.
Thomson falls, en-route to Nakuru.
Black-eyed Susan - wild at Thomson falls.
Lake Nakuru lodge.
Lake Nakuru - Rothschild's giraffe.
Lake Nakuru - Impala.
Lake Nakuru - Lilac Breasted roller
Lake Nakuru - Eland
Lake Nakuru - white rhino with lesser flamingo.
Lake Nakuru - cape buffalo and tourists!.
Lake Nakuru - lesser flamingo.
Lake Nakuru - lesser flamingo and Great white pelican.
Lake Nakuru - Great white pelican.
Lake Nakuru - Plains zebra.
Lake Nakuru - lion !
Lake Nakuru - Cape buffalo.
Enroute to the Mara
Enroute to the Mara - with John, Will, Steph, Jonathan - and Debassa, our guide for the week,
Debassa signing in at the Mara gate.
Welcome to the Mara !
The amazing view from our room at the Mara Serena Lodge. Simply stunning.
Masai Mara - Wacky interior decoration at the lodge.
Masai Mara - ostrich ahoy!!
Masai Mara - Cheetah family, mother with *five* cubs.
Masai Mara -cheetah.
Masai Mara -early morning balloon.
Masai Mara - Spotted hyaena.
Masai Mara -Spotted hyaena running into the morning sun.
Masai Mara -Marabou stork.
Masai Mara - Black-backed jackal.
Masai Mara - Topi
Masai Mara - Grant's gazelles.
Masai Mara -Thompson's gazelles ('Tommies')
Masai Mara -Thompson's gazelles
Masai Mara -Marabou stork eating a snake !
Masai Mara -Cheetah
Masai Mara -Lion.
Masai Mara.
Masai Mara -zebra dustbathing.
Masai Mara -zebra.
Masai Mara -elephant.
Mara river -Crowned crane, white stork, with crocodile.
Mara river - crocodile.
Mara river - hippo.
Mara river - Wildebeest waiting to cross.
Mara river - Wildebeest.
Masai Mara - Wildebeest queueing up to cross the river.
Masai Mara - helmeted guineafowl.
Masai Mara - Masai giraffe.
Masai Mara - topi and giraffe.
Masai Mara - Tommy and zebra.
Masai Mara - cheetah.
Masai Mara - ground hornbill.
Masai Mara - White-bellied Bustard.
Masai Mara - Lion with fur-ball !
Masai Mara - lion.
Mara river - vulture with wildebeest.
Lunch stop outside Nairobi.
Lunch stop outside Nairobi - crowned crane.
Lunch stop outside Nairobi - bottlebrush tree.
Approaching Zanzibar!
Overhead Stonetown, Zanzibar.
Serena Inn, Stonetown - brilliant place.
Wine for breakfast!
Serena Inn - the pool.
Serena Inn - the seafront.
Serena Inn Stonetown.
Stonetown - dhow.
Stonetown - locals commuting.
Stonetown - loan rower.
Stonetown seafront - House of Wonders.
Stonetown seafront.
Stonetown.
Stonetown - Old dispensary.
House of Wonders - Stonetown Zanzibar.
Zanzibar - door to the House of Wonders.
House of Wonders - Stonetown, Zanzibar.
The Arab Fort from the House of Wonders - Stonetown, Zanzibar.
Forodhani gardens, Stonetown, Zanzibar.
Sunset from the House of Wonders - Stonetown, Zanzibar.
Maruhubi Palace ruins near Stone Town. built by Sultan Said Bargash.
Maruhubi Palace ruins.
Zanzibar - red bananas!
Zanzibar - coconut collector.
Stonetown - Peace memorial museum (now closed)
Crazy spider - Stonetown Zanzibar.
Stonetown, Zanzibar.
Stonetown Zanzibar.
The Anglican Cathedral - site of the old slave market, Stonetown Zanzibar.
The Slave memorial at the Anglican Cathedral - Stonetown Zanzibar.
Stonetown seafront - another beach restaurant. Its a tough life!
Nungwi beach - Zanzibar.
Dhow construction - Nungwi beach Zanzibar.
Dhow sample construction - Nungwi beach Zanzibar.
The turtle aquarium - Nungwi beach, Zanzibar.
Turtle ! - Nungwi beach, Zanzibar.
Feeding the turtles - Nungwi beach, Zanzibar.
Jozani Forest - Mangroves.
Jozani Forest - my guide with one of the red colobus.
Jozani forest, Zanzibar - Red colobus.
Stonetown - dinner on the seafront with live football!
Zanzibar - time to leave. With Yusuf, the major domo at the Serena.
Kilimajaro summit - awesome.
Mawenzi and Kilimanjaro.
