Saruni Samburu...we were picked up at the airport by our Samburu guide, Sumaro and his tracker Joseph. We were 2 couples...we met a wonderful couple from Milan, Italy. The drive back to the lodge was our first game drive, it took about about 5 hours. The highlight of our drive was finding 2 female lionesses that were just waking up from their afternoon sleep to see a herd of gazelles nearby. Our guide suggested that we stick around as there might be some action! ...he was right. We got to see 2 lionesses try and execute a hunt but were unsuccessful. It was still pretty cool to watch.
Unfortuantely Samburu National Park is in a severe drought, they have not seen significant rainfall in over 2 years. We drove across riverbeds that were bone dry. The main river that runs throught the park is down about 15 feet. Pretty hardtimes on both people and wildlife.
On day 2 outing our highlight was finding the most elusive preditor in all of Africa....wild African dogs, the had just finished eating a gazelle.
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