Acacia Camp

For our first weekend of 2009, we had a getaway with some of our friends at Acacia Camp on the game reserve where our team mates Tim & Diane Bannister live. We enjoyed two beautiful days of walks and exploring wild places.

Erica and Ava hanging out with our friends Melanie & Kerry

in their little boma.

Ava making new friends with some vervet monkeys.


Erica taking Ava for a drive to the Bannister's house.

Erica, Emma and Tristan getting a bird's eye
view during our game drive.

Acacia is surrounded by miles of rolling grassland

and thorny Acacias. Over the last two years, we've had

the joy of sharing this beautiful place with many

short term volunteers during either the orientation or

the debriefing portions of their visits.

A pair of hornbills perched just behind our

boma. These interesting birds are a regular

part of our visits to Northeastern Province.

They are common throughout semi arid

regions of Kenya.

Tristan and Emma setting out to explore on their own.

Fortunately, we happened upon this juvenile male lion a good distance from where we were walking and the kids were cycling.

Even monkeys need to clean under their nails!

Hartabeast at a dry watering hole.