14-MAR-2010
The Pool
I don't think I mentioned there was a pool...grin
14-MAR-2010
The Dining Room
The Dining Room has both an indoor and an outdoor area. Very nice...
14-MAR-2010
Yes, there is a bar...
The Vernon Viper obliged me by sitting at the bar for a photo. Of course, none of our group would want to spend any time in a bar. Right...
14-MAR-2010
Another view of the Bar
Unfortunately, it's very hard to get good shots of the bar interior, since there is so much sunlight pouring in to this shaded area.
The bar is actually two stories high, with an upper deck all around it and tables on that deck. I never got up there, but the view should be great!
14-MAR-2010
So...what view?
This is what everyone loves the most about Amboseli...besides the animals. Kilimanjaro is sitting right outside your windows all the time!
12-MAR-2010
Our cottages..
Oltukai Lodge is a first-rate facility, with tri-plex cottages throughout the grounds. Here's a picture of our cottage.
12-MAR-2010
On the Patio
After a long drive in a hot van, it was nice to kick off the sandals and just sit in something that didn't move...
12-MAR-2010
Our view from the Cottage
We were pretty excited to be in Amboseli, and really charged up about seeing all the animals. What made things even better was looking out past the fence line and seeing a huge herd of elephants. I count about 40 in this herd..
12-MAR-2010
More to see...
A Marabou stork..
This is a huge, unmissable and unmistakable stork. Anywhere there are people you will find groups of Marabou. They are scavengers and can be found around refuse dumps as well as with vultures around carcasses. However they don't rely solely on scavenging, they will catch small rodents and reptiles and have even been known to pick swallows out of the air! Although they have to class as one of the uglier (if not ugliest) of Kenyan birds, airborne they are superb flyers, soaring at high altitude across the plains.
12-MAR-2010
Evening Safari Time
After we'd settled in and relaxed for a while, Tom came and got us to do an early evening safari drive. And of course, the ubiquitous monkeys were there to watch us head out as we left the gates of the lodge...