A huge cheetah bounded along the track in front of us.

A troop of giraffes slowly ambled away from the track.

A gaunt hyena loped off into the scrub near the side of the railroad and then, as daylight became brighter, we found ourselves in the midst of thousands of wild animals.

Zebras, hartebeests, Grant's gazelles, Thompson's gazelles, impalla, giraffes, wildebeests, and many other antelope species cantered off and stood to watch the train as it swept past them.

It was a wonderful ride, perhaps the most novel railway ride to be found any place in the world.