Africa: Day 15

At Kakamega Forest, we had a good chance to watch 3 species of monkeys travel through the canopy. The Blue Monkeys seem the most energetic moving rapidly from tree to tree. The Copper Tailed monkeys moved more slowly, making shorter jumps. The most beautiful of the monkeys were the Black and White Colobus monkeys. They were the largest and made some of the longest leaps.
The most interesting Black and White Colobus I saw was sitting at the very top of a tall tree, one leg crossed over the other at the knee, motionless and apparently very pensive. He seemed to be contemplating the biggest questions of monkey life.
Today we left the wet, cool Western Kenyan forests (elevation 6200 feet) and drove down into the Great Rift valley to Lake Baringo. Since the lake elevation is only 3000 ft, it is hot, dry scrub country. This will be our hottest location with afternoon temperatures well into the 90's.
We made a few short birding stops, and reached the Lake Baringo Club in the afternoon, where we had time to check out the bird life around the lodge. The 20 new species seen today pushed the trip total to an amazing 412 and our mammal total has reached 44!