1401 A hungry lioness was out looking for the rest of her pride

1402 One of the many big old buffalo bulls that live in small batchelor groups in Meru National Park

1403 The lioness blends in perfectly with the yellow brown grass

1404 A strikingly marked Reticulated Giraffe

1405 An Elephant family approached us

1406 Reticulated giraffes are highly endangered and so it was good to see large groups of them in Meru

1407 An alert unstriped ground squirrel

1408 These are extremely rare Grevy's zebras, easily identified by their very thin stripes and rounded ears

1409 Grant's zebra

1410 Beisa oryx. Both sexes have the long rapier like horns

1411 Kirk's dikdik

1412 Lesser kudu buck. Identifed by having more stripes than the greater kudu and a white throat patch and no mane

1413 Lesser kudu doe. Often they were more brown than the bucks

1414 A very young common waterbuck. There are a large number of waterbuck in Meru

1415 Adult common waterbuck. Only the bucks have horns

1416 Family group of Meru hartebeeste

1417 A hippopotamus making its way down to the water

1418 White rhino. There is a successful sanctuary in Meru with both black and white Rhinos present

1419 Beisa oryx

1420 A large herd of Buffalos. The availability of water here all year round favours the buffalo

1421 Gerenuk. Also known as the giraffe gazelle, they often stand on their back legs and reach up into bushes to feed

1422 The business end of a white rhino

1423 The gerenuk has a distinctive very long neck and also long legs

1424 Grant's gazelles are common in Meru