Early morning on the 2nd November we received an urgent call from our friends at @savetheelephants asking us to scramble a chopper to help some people on an overturned lorry swept away by rising flood waters. Oscar and I heading off into awful weather to find 8 people trapped on top of the truck. As we hovered trying to get the men and women inside Oscar kept being thrown back into the chopper by a strong electric current. An electricity line had obviously been submerged in the water. Fighting the shocks we managed to shuttle everyone back to safety before returning to @olmalo for a much needed cup of Chai! πΉ @kenyachoppers #helirescue #rescuehelicopter #happytohelp #riverrescue #kenya #samburu #samburu #helpingpeople #lendingahand #kenyachoppers
A Lovely female ele, enjoying a tasty acacia breakfast π±β¦ munching on thorns like they donβt exist !
πΉ @kenyachoppers
Coming into breakfast and one of those wonderful moments, living alongside the elephant families. We moved back to let this cow decide which side of the tree she wanted to pass by, but then spent the rest of breakfast surrounded by multiple families relaxed.. moving around us, munchingβ¦ sleepingβ¦ all around indifferent to what we were doing. Relaxed #elephant is a reminder weβre doing something right and that they feel safe here π
Golden hour π
Ol Malo Nomad Horse . A perfect combination for adventurers without much time to spare. A short horse safari in a basic mobile camp ending with a comfortable lodge stay. Employing local communities, supporting conservation & leaving little footprints
πͺπ #olmalonomad #horsesafari #camelandhorsesafarikenya #sunset #camels #horses #acacia #samburu #wildlifeconservation
Brightening their stripes β¨ #grevyszebra
#endangered #wildlife #zebra #stripesarein #rain #africa #kenya #olmalo #laikipia #safari
Nothing beats watching animals from #horseback !
Beautiful #Laikipia snowflakes βοΈβοΈ Wishing you all happy times
#merryandbright #snowflakes #africasnows #butterflies #puppylife #wildlifewildliving #olmalo #kenya #christmaskenya #merrychristmas #happychristmas #happyholidays #familytravels
β Look at them Francombe boys fly β π ( 80, 40 & 4 ) !Celebrating Colin turning 80 last week with a little family flight. Colin/ Bumpa/ Mzee Colian... The man whoβs vision is why Ol Malo is here today. 30 years ago he and Rocky started creating this little sanctuary from nothing but a dust bowl on the side of the plateau - when you create a home that your family stay connected to and expand their lives from, youβre doing something right... a home whoβs roots are so deep that it draws newcomers back... extending our friends and family all over the π, a place where elephant families feel safe enough to snooze on their sides in the middle of the day ... What is Ol Malo? ... A place where if you donβt feel a change in yourself - then youβre not looking hard enough.
@olmalo_choppers & @harryjdyer thanks for the flight @gohiromoto thanks for the quote π
4 babies now β€οΈ (although we missed 1 in the video) so cool that wild giraffe especially these mamas, have become so relaxed with us... did you know that giraffes give birth standing... ? so these babies dropped almost 6ft ! What a way to arrive ! π³π¦
#reticulatedgiraffe #babygiraffe #twiga #betweentheears #horsesafaris #kenyasafaris #olmalo #olmalonomad #peacefulplace #wildlifewildliving
When that βrockβ starts to move ! Horses see βdragonsβ everywhere on the best of days... but these little #safari horses have put up with all sorts π¦
#horse #hippo #olmalo #safaridog #horsesafari #horseback #wildlifewildliving #itsadogslife #kenya #laikipia #waterhorses