sndral
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Arusha savanna has always had Giraffes, it shares a barn with Uzima savanna. Sunset savanna has it’s own barn as does the smaller Pembe savanna.Sunset has the giraffe, so is often seen as the one to be on. There are no giraffe on Arusha as the barn on that side is not set up for them.
The savanna that never has giraffes is Pembe, over by Kidani, its’ barn isn’t tall enough to house giraffes, & at only 4 acres it’s not best suited for them, although Pembe tends to have Okapi who are close relatives of giraffe.
The giraffe in my avatar is Gordon (who’s no longer w/ us.) He moved from the savanna at the Kilimanjaro safari ride in the park over to Uzima savanna at the lodge, I took the avatar photo of him several years ago when I was on a Wanyama safari & he poked his head into our safari vehicle while we were driving through Uzima savanna. When we next stayed at the Lodge a couple years later, Gordon had been moved from Uzima to Arusha savanna & I saw him (along w/ Dixon -his mischief making buddy) from my Zebra trail villa balcony overlooking Arusha savanna frequently that trip.
Here’s a photo of a giraffe on Arusha savanna taken from my Kudu trail villa in 2017:
Here’s a photo taken last Dec. of the Arusha savanna animals starting to gather at the gate between Arusha & Uzima savannas waiting to go for their morning barn visit - see giraffe in the back:
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