We set out a couple of hours before sunset to get one more game drive before leaving Amboseli. We drove in a different direction and ended up at an abandoned resort – seems they did not pay their taxes. Our local guide said it’s been empty for 20 years and now only houses baboons. Speaking of, here are yellow baboons – not the olive baboons we’ve seen before.

Then our guide paused and mumbled, “I’ve never seen that before.” An albino yellow baboon. You can see the difference between the two young baboons sitting on the branches, the albino is on the left.

Then the albino scampered close to my vehicle. Notice how even its muzzle is lighter in color.

The run-down hotel is next to a lake, so we found some hippos, happily munching away on water plants. Insert the “Hungry Hungry Hippo” song here.

We found some ostriches, but were then distracted by a large family of elephants moving across the road.

The parade was large enough it was hard to compose “proper” images, but I think you get the idea.

I like how the tusks are just starting to grow.

The sun was cresting low clouds as it was setting, and we noticed an alignment over a single tree.

But then an elephant crossed in front of our vehicle. Too good a shot to pass up.

Here’s a video montage of the elephants crossing in front of us, followed by my artsy-fartsy “Elephants Silhouette by the Setting Sun” attempt.

Driving back to the hotel several lions were spotted. You can see by the graininess of these shots I was running out of light.

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Amboseli was great, so many elephants. Tomorrow we fly from the local airport to stay near Mount Kenya, far to the north and just across the equator. We will be taking a rest day from constant game drives before heading to the Masai Mara for our final sprint.