We slept in and enjoyed our morning coffee and rusk at the viewing deck watching the animals interact and some extensive frolicking by the baboons… I finished my book and did a little email though had to wait until we got to Zimbabwe to send it. Also had a couple of calls to make and managed to find enough network coverage to get those done. …
Up at 6am to pack up and be at our drop off point by 8am. Asco drivers met us to check and accept our 4×4’s, they were driving them back to Windhoek and we were heading to Victoria Falls. Had arranged transfers to the border and then on to Vic Falls. A bit of a slow border crossing due to all the tourists and only …
Day 23 – Camps Bay, Cape Town Heading home… Never dull as the Air Zimbabwe flight Andy and family took was delayed. They sprinted but made there connection with some pleading and luggage arrived much to our surprise. We are all heading to Camps Bay for a jacuzzi, bubbly and dinner on the green egg. Brenda is already there, more family time ahead!!! Total distance …
Our journey starts today! Leaving Cape Town for Nairobi. Will be mostly a day of flying and my first time on Kenya Air. Looking forward to our adventure and exploring Nairobi before setting off on safari.
“I had a farm in Africa…” has been my dream to visit the Karen Blixen farm. Happy to be there and photos show it… Glenn is of the opinion I only like her because she drank champagne, and ate oysters and grapes in her old age!!! Sound like a good diet to me!!! We visited a couple of other sites and had some fun petting …
Left a rather grey Nairobi and arrived at the Masai Mara, our arrivals hall was a white table cloth and the bush, I knew immediately this was going to be a great safari experience!!! We did not have to go far to run into elephant and various antelope including the Thomson Gazelle – looks a bit like a Springbok and a first sighting for me. …
Started early, wakeup call at 4:45am…. and that was after Glenn woke me up during the night! He had jumped out of bed and was sure we had an “intruder”. It took some convincing but eventually he agreed that no animal had joined us in our tent and I was able to go back to sleep… We were off on a balloon safari which is …
Agreed to head back and try to experience the migration. Off to the Mara River and the Sand River for an all-day excursion visiting crossing points in search of the herds. First stop, the hippo pool to take another look at the huge pod of hippos sunning themselves on the river bank. Unfortunately, no herds at the Mara River so it was off to the …
Time for some exercise, did a hike up the Oloololo escarpment before breakfast, then the start of our onward journey. Magnificent view of the Masai Mara and the animal activity. Saw a fresh giraffe carcass with about 20 vultures at it, am sure the lions or hyenas would arrive later in the day! Had to say goodbye to Bateleur Camp and head for Tanzania. The …
6am we headed out with our guide to watch the herds of wildebeest interacting and tried to witness a kill (ambitious). Also on the lookout for cheetah and leopard. May need a vacation from my vacation, seem to be rather short nights. They were everywhere, as far as your eye could see the wildebeest were grazing and, on the move, every now and then getting …
Day 7 – Circle of life – herds of wildebeest, carcasses, predators, scavangers. Read More »
