Vol Game Lodge 1978

Elephants, Elephants and more Elephants plus a few wildebeest, zebras and gazelles and one bird........

Ambosell Park 1978

Amboseli's case it is big skies and far horizons combined with swampy springs and dry and dusty earth trammelled by hundreds of animals.

Amboseli's dust is ancient volcanic ash, whose salt crystals shimmer on the surface of the parched lakebed during the dry season. This creates hazy mirages which make you question just what is real.

Surrounding Amboseli are ranch areas where the Maasai share the land with the wildlife. Wild animals tends to avoid the village areas as it there are far too many people and the grazing has already been eaten by the Maasai's all-important cattle.

Salt Lick & Taita Hills Game Lodge 1978

Salt Lick Lodge is a unique lodge built atop stilts overlooking a waterhole. It is linked by suspended walkways under which elephants potter. Its name is taken from its setting - a natural salt lick which was a congregating place for the neighborhood's salt-hungry residents. The lodge lies on the outskirts of Tsavo West National Park. The sanctuary where the Salt Lick Lodge is located was once a sisal plantation. it is now a successful animal sanctuary with abundant game.

Taita Hills is adjacent to Tsavo National Park, one of the world's largest game reserves, the Taita Hills Hilton Safari Lodge is a five hour drive from Nairobi, three hours from Mombasa and 45 minutes from Voi Railway Station. The Lodge has its own wildlife sanctuary. They also have a great lunch

Mountain Lodge 1973

Mountain Lodge is a private hotel on the fringe of Mount Kenya National Park, at an elevation of 7200 feet. It is laid out specifically for animal watching: all of the rooms have large windows and balconies on the side of the hotel facing the forest. A large artificial watering hole in the clearing on this side of the hotel attracts forest animals, and lights are kept on all night so the attracted animals can be easily viewed. Perhaps not the most natural wildlife viewing site in the world, but a welcome change from seeing animals only from the ubiquitous safari vehicles.

Most of these shots were taken from the hotel viewing deck along with a mini van in the bush.