{"id":2372,"date":"2022-06-16T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:19:04","slug":"first-animal-encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/first-animal-encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"First animal encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Tsavo National park was 140 USD a day, we camped at a almost abandoned campsite but the manager appeared from nowhere like the shopkeeper from Mr Ben.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We had some encounters but at night this nice little cat had a look around<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postie-attachments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2373\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Night wildlife camera capture at a campsite\" width=\"300px\" height=\"225px\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2374\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dark wildlife camera frame beside the overland truck\" width=\"300px\" height=\"225px\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2375\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Night wildlife camera capture near the parked truck\" width=\"300px\" height=\"225px\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leopard-in-Chyulu-camp-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:start --><\/p>\n<section class=\"seo-africa-trip-nav\" aria-label=\"East and Southern Africa trip navigation\">\n<h2>Kenya to South Africa trip: what to read next<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Previous stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/milly-tests-out-her-new-boat\/\">Milly tests out her new boat<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Next stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/tsavo-national-park-leopards-and-elephants-on-day-1\/\">Tsavo National park ,Leopards and elephants on day 1<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/things-to-love-about-kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/welcome-to-uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tsavo National park was 140 USD a day, we camped at a almost abandoned campsite but the manager appeared from nowhere like the shopkeeper from Mr Ben. &nbsp; 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