Just Looking

Linda Lou Burton posting from Sweetwaters Serena Camp, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Nanyuki, Kenya – Nature Walks are offered at Ol Pejeta, accompanied by a Guide, and a Guard. We passed one early on, and waved. Happy in our 4×4, we agreed, and besides, we didn’t bring our boots.

So we rode, and we rode, and we rode. I’ll stop talking for a bit and show you what we saw, in a single morning Game Drive, on the plains and hills of Africa.

Look at the space – miles and miles of miles and miles. And air, and sky, and quiet.

Look at the animals behaviors — herd-friendly, or loners? Who looks after the kids? How do they help each other?

Look at the habitat they prefer – open spaces or good brush cover? Near water? Near shade? Near grass?

Just look.

Zebra looking.

Buffalo looking at us.

Cattle and herder looking for the best grass.

Rhino Mama and Baby looking for the next bite.

Antelope looking for relief. 

Elephant Mama and Family looking for the next stop.

Lion Mama guarding three cubs in their brushy nest looking napping-eye at us.

Baboon gang looking, running, shrieking like baboons.

And Warthogs! They stopped grunting long enough to look at us.

That’s Tuesday morning on the Ol Pejeta, as seen from the 4×4!

Ol Pejeta Conservancy https://www.olpejetaconservancy.org/wildlife/