Elephants of Amboseli

Yesterday we went on three different safari outings – sunrise, mid-day, and after dark – and we saw hundreds of elephants. Amboseli has 2500+ elephants in a relatively small area, and around every corner you'll see some. It's often a group of ten or twenty, and sometimes a solitary bull elephant. They may be frolicking in a stream or swamp, enroute to or from water or sleeping grounds, eating vegetation (which they do over 20 hours a day), or throwing dirt on themselves to cool off.
This post contains photos of some of the elephants we saw on our three safaris yesterday. I'm posting this separately from the full blog post about yesterday, while I have a few minutes before we check out and drive to Tsavo West National Park, our final destination of this trip. More to come.










A herd of elephants walking from their night spot back down to the water just after sunrise.




Another herd, cooling off in a small stream.


This baby is about a week old.





Because Amboseli is so flat, you can see other safari vehicles from far away. When you see a group forming, it's because there is an animal close to the road, so you can drive over to join them and check it out.



Elephants throwing dirt and sand on themselves.


