OUR TRIP TO TANZANIA - NAMANGA to SINYA CAMP
Our
trip from Namanga to Sinya Camp initially followed dirt tracks where
many other
vehicles had traveled. For a short way we traveled near the
Tanzania/Kenya border fence. Further out
that disappeared because large animals, like elephants, walk right
through all but heavily electrified
fences. Once we got away from permanent dwellings outside Namanga we
were not compelled to
follow the tracks; our guide/drivers took out across the savanna. That
was bumpy, but no more
so than the rutted tracks. We traveled about two hours seeing no large
wildlife other than zebras. We saw several
Maasai cattle herds going to water, and took a picture of the one
below. All of the cattle we saw
appeared very thin by our standards of the Western US, but they
survive under very harsh
conditions. The vegetation in the immediate vicinity of where this
image was taken reflected a bit more precipitation than areas a bit
further north or south. Otherwise our camera was idle.
