'Kulafumbi' is our family home in Kenya, East Africa. 'Kulafumbi' is a play on the Kiswahili words "kula vumbi", which mean "eat dust", because it was so hot and dusty building our house in this remote, wild, wonderful place. Kulafumbi borders the Tsavo National Park - with no fences between us and the Park, the wildlife comes and goes of its own free will and treats our land as its own, which is exactly how we like it. In turn, we provide a protected area for the wild animals to do as they please. This protected area also creates an important buffer for the river, which forms the boundary between us and the park.
House & Land - more info
My Family & I - more info
Look how many species of animals & birds we've spotted to date at Kulafumbi:
MAMMALS: 43+
REPTILES &
AMPHIBIANS: 18+++
BIRDS: 199+
INSECTS: Too many to count
"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems..."
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 12:44PM These baboons made me laugh…the lengths a baboon will go to in order to reach that tasty and nutritious delonix seed pod! The pictures speak louder than words, so here goes, starting with an establishing shot of the baboons dotted around the tree like fat fruit:
Reader Comments (2)
Baboons are the one monkey I don't like. I think it's because the males get so big and scary :)
The baboons around our place are not tame at all - they're very skittish - which is really strange for me. I'm so used to baboons being such a pain, because they have become so accustomed to humans, and they know that people = food. That's when they become a pain, coming into the house to raid the kitchen etc. Hopefully we'll be able to keep our baboons wild, as they should be...providing we don't feed them, and we always ensure our rubbish is disposed of properly, we should be able to keep a happy status quo.