Next up on our epic tour of African National Parks was Amboseli National Park in Kenya. It receives far fewer visitors than many of the parks we had been to – only about 100,000 per year – but this means the animals are less used to people and will walk closer to or indeed straight across the roads where our jeeps traversed the vast plains. In the back of some of the photos you will be able to see Mount Kilimanjaro which is actually across the border in Tanzania.
Amboseli National Park is known for its large elephant herds and we definitely saw quite a few during our visit to the park but there were also gorgeous giraffes, lions, zebras, antelope, cape buffalo, and hundreds of birds. I can already tell you my Dad will say this is one of those posts with too many photos but it was such an incredible place I really want to make sure you feel like you get the full experience and the worst thing that could happen is you decided you have seen enough and go onto another post. 🙂 So without further ado:
So many truly gorgeous creatures! But my favorite part of our time in Amboseli was when we spent an hour watching this gorgeous elephant heard filled with bulls (adult males), mothers, and their babies. Take a look:
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Inna Pishtoy says
Wow this looks like an amazing experience to have!
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Natalie says
My personal favorites are the giraffes. That one where the giraffe is looking right at you it looks like it wants to say hello to you.
they’re always the first animal I go see when I’m at the zoo.
Gerry says
I wonder what the lion was stalking in your photo? Do you know?
All of your photos are fantastic and I wish I could have been there with you. Looks like a magical place.
Courtney says
I personally adore that elephants. You got so many fabulous shots of moms with their babies. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to see them in person.
The photo of them going right across the Jeeps from you and they don’t even seem afraid. Were they ever afraid of you?