These camera trap images are from 3 separate camera traps, deployed at different locations over the Ol Kirimatian/Shompole conservancy over a period of 5 days. All had both wildlife and livestock captured on them.
Year: 2015
The Rift Valley Lakes: Nakuru, Baringo, Bogoria & the Kerio Valley
Leaving Magadi we once again faced a full day of driving across the length of Kenya to reach the shores of the lakes Nakuru, Baringo and Bogoria that would hold our attention for the next few days. As always such a day involved amazing views, […]
In Search of Lions and Love (Magadi-Shompole)
We left Enoch’s house at 7.30am, headed for Magadi, where the Lale’enok Resource Centre was located. It was to be our home for the next 6 days, and is a community based resource centre owned by the Maasai women of Olkiramatian and Shompole group ranches. […]
Athi-Kapiti
The journey back to Nairobi was predictably long, but not without its fair share of excitement and intrigue. The third female member of the group, like to play daisy slots and other casino games is now taking part in a new journey, Zheng, was sold […]
Samburu
As we drove to Samburu, the scenery was so different from what we had experienced in Kenya so far. It was so dry and everything looked so wild. When passing by a village, I was surprised by people’s clothes – so colourful and striking (I […]
Laikipia
As we drove through Mpala the team (minus Tom) were having a heated debate about whether the Grevy’s or Common Zebra could be seen as more attractive; at this point I realised my motives for signing up for this trip were different to these other […]
Maasai Mara Days 2-4
As the CUWCS team awoke on day two of our trip, after a short but good night’s sleep in our lovely guide Enoch’s house, we prepared ourselves for the 6 hour drive from Kitengela to the Maasai Mara. 13 long, long hours later (Mr Shah […]
Day One
Landing in Kenya was a shock to many of us. Leaving behind England in a heat wave, arriving to the chilly Nairobi morning made us question our packing of only t-shirts, shorts and copious amounts of sun cream. Having been met by our guide and host […]
Kenya pre-trip
We will be blogging right here about our trip to Kenya, where individuals will be visiting and working alongside conservation initiatives and local communities including the Maasai and Samburu, two pastoralist tribes that have historically co-existed with wildlife for hundreds of years. We will be […]