My latest safari took me to Tsavo, where we stayed at Man Eaters Lodge.
Man Eaters is named for the "man-eating" lions who killed 100+ railroad workers in the Tsavo region in the late 1800s during the construction of the railway from the Indian Ocean to Uganda. We did not see any lions on our trip...although both nights there were two zebras who came to graze on the green grass surrounding the lodge's restaurant.
The lodge is actually a tented camp...which means each sleeping area is a semi-permanent structure with canvas walls that is kind of a cross between a tent and a cottage:
We saw lots of elephants on our trip. In fact, during our first late afternoon game drive, we didn't see much of anything in the fading sunlight. But just as we pulled up to the exit gate, we turned and saw a small group of elephants crossing the road behind us! There was something mystical about standing there in the growing darkness watching these massive animals walk quietly by just steps away from the barrier out of the park to the rest of civilization.
It was too dark to get a picture then, but here's another elephant pic. We were very close to this guy and ready with the foot on the gas to take off if he suddenly got upset at us!
Besides the animals, I really loved the landscape of Tsavo, which reminded me of the American West:
