This is our Kenyan guide Jacob and the lady who arranged the tour through the village
The women performed a welcoming dance
The village was just outside of a small town called Archer’s Post
Mother and child
This was part of the welcoming dance
Samburu child
A typical Samburu house – wood and dung
Some of the children who were watching the women dancers
A couple of the men showed us their traditional way of starting a fire
Where there’s smoke there’s fire sure to follow. It only took a couple of minutes to get a fire started
An old lady - Samburu Village, Kenya
The men’s dance consisted of shouting and seeing how high they could jump
Working outside the village enclosure
This was the kitchen in one of the Samburu Village houses. To the left is the sleeping area for the women and children and to the right is a (larger) sleeping…
The village blacksmith. He made metal jewellery, spear heads and a variety of other small items from scraps of salvaged metal.
An old lady and child - Samburu Village, Kenya
Mother and child - Samburu Village, Kenya
This is the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri. On the grounds of the hotel was a cottage called Paxtu (It’s now a museum) that belonged to Lord Robert Baden-Powell.
This is the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri. On the grounds of the hotel was a cottage called Paxtu (It’s now a museum) that belonged to Lord Robert Baden-Powell.
A Cape buffalo seen from Treetops Lodge
