Day 3 Saturday in Saruni Camp in Kalama Conservancy & Samburu Game Reserve

After getting sleep last night finally i was a happy camper this morning and ready to roll and what a magnificent sunrise was on show. Soon after arriving in the reserve we encountered lion footprints and decided to track them …after about 40 minutes of following lion footprints we managed to find lions resting among the salvadora and the toothbrush trees…ahh the exhilaration of tracking and being successful!! Much to my joy there were many elephants out and about and one group came to greet us showing us the young ones as the young males playfully fought. The mother cheetah was looking out furtively for prey to feed herself and her young but the prey seemed determined to elude her so she and her young eventually left in search of greener pastures and then there they were….6 female Kudus…i was soo excited to see them…they seem to be making a come back and both Greater and lesser and being seen periodically. Samburu offered up a wide array of birds from raptors, to ducks, waders to vulture . The waterdogs ran around tails held high whiskers blowing in the wind. A visit to Larsens Camp to use the facilities and breakfast on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro watching elephants drinking water, do their ablutions and generally have a good time  heightened our enjoyment of the morning and in no time it was 1pm time to trudge back to the Lodge..our last day in this eco system has been memorable.

in talking to the staff who are almost all from the local community how they felt about the advent of conservancies…they were all positive about the changes it has helped to make for them “jobs,schools and bursaries” The skill of the guides and trackers is amazing and once the worrying problem of overstocking of goats can be brought under control and better animal husbandry these areas should thrive.