THE ELEPHANT TRUNK

An elephant in Amboseli  National Park

An elephant in Tsavo East National Park.

An elephant in Tsavo East National Park.

 The elephant Trunk is a fusion of nose and upper lip elongated  and specialized  to serve many functions.African savanna elephants and African forest elephants are equipped with two fingerlike projections at the tip of their trunk while Asian elephants have only one fingerlike.These fingerlike enable the elephants to grasp food and other small objects.Elephants trunk is very sensitive enough to pick up a single blade of grass,yet strong enough to rip off branches of trees.
The elephants use their trunks to strip vegetation from branches and to pull grasses from the ground.The trunk also used for drinking water.Elephants suck water up into their trunk up to 14 litres at a time and then blow it to their mouths.Elephants also suck water to spray on their bodies during bathing. On the top of this watery coating skin,the elephants will then spray mud which dries and help them to repel insects and harmful rays of sun. Elephants also use trunk for greeting each other much like handshake.A raised trunk can be a warning or threat while a lowered trunk can be a sign of submission. 
                                            www.cactussafaris.com

BIRDS AND BUTTERFLY WATCHING

The Kakamega Forest National Reserve is  home to over 400 species of butterflies,which can be viewed under the large forest canopy.For Birds and butterfly watchers,Kakamega is the right place to visit.                www.cactussafaris.com

CAVE EXPLORATION

SHETANI LAVA

The volcanic hills of chyulu,ash cones and craters are outstanding examples of the major stages of the earth's
history . The landscape also includes caves that are fascinating to explore- most notably,the Shetani caves,consisting of two large openings with an ancient tree growing between them and the Man Eaters cave,which contain human bones.
The Chyulu Hills are one of the Kenya's most photogenic regions - an area of rolling open plains interrupted by hills,which run for about 30 miles in a series of whale backed summits.This is a magical area of ragged craters,rolling grassland,exotic aromatic plants and cedar forest.
                                                   www.cactussafaris.com

4 DAYS ADVENTURE SAFARI

Tsavo West National park

  kilimanjaro in Amboseli.

we had our second overnight at kibo Safari Camp in Amboseli National Park.

We had an overnight at sentrim Tsavo camp in Tsavo East National

Red Elephant of Tsavo East

          .

Tsavo East

        The lions eating the remains of a buffallo, A buffallo is a strong animal but the lion's hunting system of  an ambush of more than two female lions mostly forced the buffallo to obey the law of jungle.

secretary bird    

RHINOCEROUS

All those times I have been in the Wild I have observed the life of different animals including Rhinocerous,

Rhino is the second largest living land mammal after the Elephant. The Rhino skin is virtually hairless,except the edges of the ears.The skin is thick and soft but becomes extremely hard and durable after drying.The ears can spin to various angles or rotate in complete circle, each moving to a different direction. They often appear to be mutilated.The Rhino has two pointed ,tapering and uneven horns vertically projecting from the the nasal region and which curve gently backward,the front one is more prominent than the other. Rhino horns are not  attached to the bony structure of the skull but are of fibrous texture growing out of the skin not like the other animal.Horns that break accidentally can grow again.Their social organization -Rhinos are invariably found in twos,often a mating pair but usually a cow and her calf. Occasionally ,a cow with two calves of different ages, a small family group that usually include a number of females with their young  are spotted.Rhino appear to be monogamous ,couple tend to establish permanent relationships.

                                     www.cactussafaris.com

WARTHOG

         Warthogs are not territorial but instead occupy a home rang. Warthogs live in groups called sounders. Females live in sounders with their young and with other females. Females tend to stay in their natal groups while males leave but stay within the home range. Young males associate in bachelor groups but leave alone when they become adults.They have two shape tooth which are their weapon as well.                              
                                                        www.cactussafaris.com

THE SMALL ANTELOPE

Dik-diks are monogamous. Conflicts  between Dik -diks sometimes occur over territory, males from each  territory dash at each other, stop a while, vigorously nod their heads and turn around. They will repeat this process increasing the distance each time until one stops. Males mark their territory with dung piles, and cover the female's dung with their own. Due to predator who are their enemies it is dangerous for them to explore looking for new partners, therefore couples spend approximately 70% of their life time together. Females are sexually mature at 6 months and males at 12 months. The female gestates for 169 to 174 days and bears a single offspring.

7 DAYS SAFARI

7 DAYS SAFARI TO MASAI MARA ,LAKE NAKURU ,AMBOSELI ,TSAVO EAST &WEST 

Masai Mara

Masai Mara

Lake Nakuru National park

Lake Nakuru

Day: 1 -     Started our safari at Jomokenyatta at 5 a.m to Masai Mara, we had 2 overnight at Masai Mara.


Day :3 - We proceed to   Lake Nakuru National park  we had game drive dinner and overnight.
                                                         

Amboseli National Park

Day :4 - Left Nakuru to Amboseli National park game and overnight.    

Amboseli Kilimanjaro

Tsavo West National Park

Tsavo West National park

Day :5 - Proceed to Tsavo west National park Game en route to the camp , then we had evening game drive dinner and overnight.

Tsavo East

Tsavo East

Day: 6 After breakfast we left Tsavo west, game and route to Tsavo East arrived at Tsavo East at lunch time ,relax till 3.45 p.m we had evening game drive till late in the evening drove back to the lodge dinnner and overnight.


Day :7 After early morning breakfast we had game drive till 11 a.m drove back to the lodge, Lunch  and check out from the lodge and  drove  to Mombasa.
         

                                       END   OF  OUR  SAFARI.

                                                 www.cactussafaris.com