Masai Giraffe, Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

A young Masai Giraffe apparently bending down to look in the windows of our Safari Van as we passed, on our way back from Crescent Island on Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Crescent Island is where the non-predictor scenes in Out of Africa were filmed. They brought in the animals and let them loose what was then an island. Of course they also built a causeway to bring the gear in, and the animals have spread to the adjacent shore of the lake, especially the Giraffes. The whole area is operated as a private reserve now, and you can actually get out and walk among the animals, for a unique experience of African wildlife. Sony RX10iv at around 280mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Polarr.