Day 4 Mount Kenya Mountain Lodge

We arrived in time for lunch. A big mountain lodge next to a watering hole where we are supposed to see a variety of animals. So far we have seen wart hogs, a water buck ,water buffalo and have managed to repel a monkey invasion. The people next door to us made the mistake of leaving the door to the balcony open and had their room ransacked by a couple of ckeeky monkeys.
It is a nice setting and we will be relaxing for the rest of the day animal spotting before moving on tomorrow at 07:30 to Lake Naivasha. Oh, and I have just heard the rumblings of thunder so maybe we will be treated to another lightening display. Oops and now the monkeys have returned. Time go………………………
I’m back, the thunder came to nothing so we were all sat there quietly on our balconies watching the buffaloes feeding. Picture the scene, everyone eagerly taking photos. Then all of a sudden some daft English woman sees her friends down in a specially made bunker for viewing the animals, and she shouts, “hey, look at the monkeys in the cage” and the buffaloes stampede and bugger off. Who and earth would do such a thing??? Well Marlene of course ….

Who's that shouting?

Home sweet home?

Monkey Trouble

These people got raided whilst watching this one.

breaking and entering

Lock up

So cute

Arghh, who shouted? run for your life.

Day 3 Ashnil Samburu

Awoken at 5am with a massive thunder storm and torrential rain. I tried for some photos but gave up eventually for fear of wrecking my camera, the rain was coming into the front of the tent. Still went ahead with the game drive and saw crocodiles, Lions, Warthogs and most of the animal species that we saw the previous day. A nice trip and nowhere near as dusty as the previous day.
After retuning and having breakfast we went on a trip to the Samburu tribes village. This village was made up of mud huts constructed in a dome with whatever materials they could get their hands on. Corrugated iron, cardboard, some canvas, branches and cow shit for the roofs. Again I felt humbled. Then it was back for dinner, another game drive at 16:30 and back to our camp for more food.
This has been a very enjoyable holiday so far but restful, in no way has it been restful. It has been busy but fun. Tomorrow we must be up for breakfast by 06:45  and then leave on our journey to our next accommodation.

Thunder Storm

Day 2 Ashnil Samburu

Another early start to the day but today felt refreshed after a good nights sleep. We set off  for Ashnil Samburu camp at 08:30 and got here in time for lunch. Every meal here is a three course meal and I can feel the weight piling on. Trouble is that it is so good and I cannot resist it. We travelled through several large towns which were mainly corrugated iron  or rough timber buildings, not much better than chicken sheds a lot of the time.
On entering the game reserve we saw giraffes, zebra, Dikdik,Gazelle and Gerenuk to name but a few of the mammals. Also Hornbills,
Ostrich,Eagles and Vultures are quite common, I saw lots of other birds that I have yet to identify.
Once settled into our “tents” we had to eat another 3 course meal before heading out on a game drive where we saw more giraffes, Zebra, Leopard, Elephants and   many other small deer like animals.

So far this experience has exceeded my expectations and I am quite looking forward to getting up at 05:45 ready for our next game drive at 06:30.