Although most of the day we were driving, we still had a successful day seeing wildlife and birding. We made stops at serveral dry river beds to search for birds. In addition we made a wildlife drive around our lodge. The lodge, 4eronera, is an architectural mmarvel. It is constructed on a granite outcropping. The lodge spaces include various granit rocks as walls and other features. The lodge sits in an acacia forredt through which flow sevearl streams that stau wet year round. Hence the is a good variety of wildlifeof which we saw Topi (a large antelope) hyraxes, monkeys, mongoose, giraffe, Thompson gazelle, Impala, and Ostrich, African Buffalo.
Birding was also good, despite all the driving we saw over 100 species, 42 of which were seen for the first time on the trip.
Because the animals are wild and unafraid of people, visitors can not leave their vehicle. Since our van's top can be lifted up, we can stand in the vehicle, see 360 degrees, and get good views of wildlife, which often is quite close to the road.
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