Family safari to Amboseli

Classic Amboseli.

The kids and I spent part of the Easter holiday on a “play” safari in the Amboseli area. The rains arrived just as we did, and although the resultant mud meant we couldn’t get to our favorite site at Soit Nado, we did get to enjoy an incredible number of chameleons! We spent some time with the eles and tracked lions with Mtito before we visited Ol Donyo lodge in the Chyulu Hills. And the big highlight of the trip was a very colorful Maasai wedding near the Namanga airstrip, where we celebrated the marriage of our watchman and dog handler, Patrick! We felt very privileged to be invited to this event and it capped a great family safari. We are already looking forward to the safari season, and we will be back in Amboseli next month.

We found a lot of chameleons!

Halina holds a chameleon on the road to Amboseli.

This chameleon had amazing colors on display.

A few of Amboseli’s famous eles.

We enjoyed hanging out with these guys.

Ollie helps Mtito the Lion Guardian track lions.

Baby goats were at the wedding.

The kids with Patrick on his wedding day.

The kids got to know an orphaned tommie pretty well.

Time for a pony ride in the Chyulus!

A picnic dinner in the Chyulu Hills.

And another sunset in one of our favorite places in the world.