We saw many more animals here than we saw in Tsavo West. As we were driving through the park for the first time we saw a White-headed Vulture as it flew up from where it had been feeding from a carcase. I was surprised to see so many Elephants after hearing about the poaching that goes on there. At one point during a game drive we were surrounded by a large herd. Lions were few and far between though. We only saw two Lionesses resting on a mound of the distinctive red Tsavo soil. At one point the driver of the safari bus stopped and said that there was a Cheetah under a nearby bush. I could just make out the top of it's head through binoculars but couldn't really tell if it was a Cheetah or some other big cat.

I was amazed at the number of Bateleur Eagles in the park. A scan of the never ending Kenyan sky almost always produced the distinctive and somewhat strange image of a raptor soaring with outstretched white wings and no tail.

We stayed at Voi Safari Lodge for the night. It had a commanding view over the plain and we could see Ostrich, Zebras, about forty Elephants, and approximately twenty Marabou Storks which gathered round the water hole. There was a large concrete hide a short walk from the lodge and we walked to it a little apprehensively along a path which was lined with Baboons. There's something distinctly uncomfortable about the stare from a wild Baboon which is a few feet from your face. From the hide we had close views of a Marabou Stork, two Wooly-necked Storks and two Water Buck.

We were in our room changing for dinner when hundreds of bats flew out from beneath a ledge above our window and headed off over the plain below. While we were eating dinner two Genets came to feed from a platform just outside the window of the restaurant.

Other birds seen at Tsavo included Ground Hornbill, Pygmy Falcon, Secretary Bird, and Helmeted Guineafowl.