Minierya National Park, where elephants congregate on the edge of the lake in the dry season to take advantage of the growth of grass.
Safari jeeps take clients along dirt roads to the edge of the lake. We engaged our local bird naturalist Lal who organised a jeep and driver to go on safari!
The national park headquarters were tall strong structures built to protect staff from elephants, and many of the local villages were fenced with high election fences for protection. We saw the name Gallagher, good ol NZ technology.
Within a few minutes of entering the park we saw our first elephants in the low forest, just a few metres from the road. They took little notice of us as they moved silently through the forest. Further on we saw a group of three cows and two calves, feeding on long grass, again only a few metres. On the way out another young male appeared on the road ahead, our driver frantically reversing to give him room. We saw a few other species, notibly bee eaters and peacocks.
Our guide was disappointed with me for taking so long to get my camera into gear but it was a dramatic sight to see them in the wild and I just couldn't take my eyes of them.
Safari jeeps take clients along dirt roads to the edge of the lake. We engaged our local bird naturalist Lal who organised a jeep and driver to go on safari!
The national park headquarters were tall strong structures built to protect staff from elephants, and many of the local villages were fenced with high election fences for protection. We saw the name Gallagher, good ol NZ technology.
Within a few minutes of entering the park we saw our first elephants in the low forest, just a few metres from the road. They took little notice of us as they moved silently through the forest. Further on we saw a group of three cows and two calves, feeding on long grass, again only a few metres. On the way out another young male appeared on the road ahead, our driver frantically reversing to give him room. We saw a few other species, notibly bee eaters and peacocks.
Our guide was disappointed with me for taking so long to get my camera into gear but it was a dramatic sight to see them in the wild and I just couldn't take my eyes of them.