We set off at 7.30am which was a bit later than intended. Peregrine had omitted to book flights or accommodation for Mike and I in Zanzibar but Jen and Erellah between them managed to sort that out by communicating with the Peregrine reps in both NZ and Africa. We travelled on a very good road […]
Ngorogoro Conservation Area
Did I mention that Farmhouse is lovely? Perhaps I did. The breakfasts are also excellent, served in the bright, airy dining room overlooking the lawn and garden. It was pretty chilly and overcast. We are near the rim of the crater which itself is above a high plateau. We set off at 7am and it […]
To Ngorogoro Conservation Area
After a good sleep and breakfast we were off again this time heading south east out toward the opposite gate. The geography changes really quickly. One minute you are beside woodlands and hills and the next you’re amongst scrubby plains. Then we entered a large area of flat, high grassland. I think we were all […]
Serengeti National Park
We had a lovely breakfast and got organised to leave at 7am. I’d done some hand washing in the basin but found there is a little washing stand outside. I was able to peg underwear on the line and at lunch used the washing powder to wash a couple of tee shirts and my hat, […]
To Serengeti
We left at 6.30 after breakfast and our very early wake up from the mosque at 5am. We are both down to a piece of toast for breakfast. Mike had an antibiotic pill as had a fever and his chest cough was no good. We travelled in the truck as far as the border, which is […]
From the Masai Mara to Migori
Today was a long day travelling in the truck. Our driver took us along some back roads to avoid the very rutted road that we took into the park. It was definitely smoother, but also very challenging for the driver (Sam). In places the road was washed out so we had to negotiate detours not […]
To the Masai Mara
We loaded into the truck at 7am and set off back the way we came on the Nairobi Road as far as the lookout. There we turned off, stopped at a shop for restrooms and continued on. At the towns you can see car wash places that are literally a group of guys with buckets […]
Mara Leisure Camp
Our tent is very comfortable and has a lovely outlook over the river. We had some rain yesterday and the river rose quite a bit so it must be quite a torrent in heavy rain. This morning we were woken reasonably early by what I thought, fancifully, were hippos but it was the cattle coming […]
Masai Mara Game Reserve
Today was awesome in the true sense of the word. I’ll leave the photos to tell most of the story. We rose at 4.30am ready for a 5am departure for our balloon ride. We went first to another lodge to pick up other passengers and then to the take off site. We had a safety […]
Lake Nakuru National Park
We had an early breakfast and were to set off on our game drive at 7am. When we went back to our room to clean our teeth I opened the curtains and there was a buffalo just beyond the fence. Of course that required a photo and then I noticed the family of white rhino […]
Nairobi to Lake Nakuru
We set off at 7.30 am in the truck that is to be our transport between lodges for the next 2 weeks. There are large windows on either side and it is a bit more like a bus. Mike didn’t care about the window so I grabbed seats on the left and we had a […]
Nairobi – Sunday
We slept reasonably well despite the rather noisy road outside. After showers we headed downstairs to organise some day trips and get breakfast (being more than 8 hours since eating!) There are 2 guards on the landing by the stairs and one of them is intent on teaching us Swahili. So far we have: Jambo […]