Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Last Day in Nairobi

We head out in the morning on a small plane to Ol Donyo Lodge, located in a private reserve in the Chyulu Hills in Kenya. Today was the last day of acclimation to the time change. We birded the hotel in the morning and then went out to the Sheldrike Elephant Orphange and the Giraffe Center.

The elephant orphanage raises baby elephants (and a few rhinos) that have been injured or orphaned.  We don’t usually go to places were animals don’t roam free, but it was a nice to see the care they give the animals before releasing them.  We adopted one baby elephant, Mokogodo, before we left California and got to see him.






He’s very small for his age but with care we hope he grows up big and strong like his friends.




The giraffe center is for conserving the Rothschild Giraffe.



Although nice, we are looking forward to our safari adventures,  Ol Donyo has a webcam on a water hole. Tomorrow we’ll spend part of the day in a hide watching it.




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