FUN-Travel: Out of Africa

August 4, 2019 by · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Out of Africa 

Depart camp 10:15 am for airstrip…11:15 delayed…depart 11:45…arrive Wilson 1 pm.

  • 11:35 pm flight…

…and no desire…

…to be in…

…or see Nairobi!

  • Good travel karma once again…

…couple at camp from South Africa…

…tell us “Go to Hemingway’s Hotel and hangout…

…it’s not in the city”…

…AHH civilization!

  • British Colonial plantation-style…

…lunch on lovely outdoor patio…

…overlooking lush tiered manicured gardens…

…with massive fountain centerpiece.

  • Depart 7 pm for airport…

…arrive 8 pm…

…to nice surprise…

…British Airways has lounge privileges…

…with Turkish Air!

FUN-fact – The main veranda at Entim Mara overlooks the Mara River where the wildebeest cross.

Not so FF – They had crossed before we got here…the photo shows what we would have seen.

Oh well…

…we just have no control over nature.

FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 3

July 31, 2019 by · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 3 

Game Drive 6:15 – Our guide Nickson receives call at 6:30…

…rhinos have been spotted and we tear out…

…barreling down the bush on the Safari Superhighway…

…arriving at 7 to relish the sight of Reggie…

…mama & baby retreated to thick bush…

…but he stands tall and regal…right out on the open plain!

  • Then more good fortune…2 mama lions with 3 cubs…

…spotted sleeping and nursing in grassy bush…

…then for the grand finale and pièce de résistance

…Simba is spotted sleeping on savanna mound…

…who wakens and sits up…

…then ever so slowly saunters off.

Experience our first bush breakfast…then head back to camp.

  • Opted to not take afternoon game drive…

…I wanted another massage…which was brilliant…

…as nice steady rain started dropping…along with distant thunder and lightning…

…and continued throughout the night.

FUN-fact – Had Goldilocks weather in the Masai Mara…not too hot and not too cold…just right. 🙂

Not so FF – There are only 40 black rhinos in this area.

FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 2

July 31, 2019 by · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 2 

1st Game Drive 6:15 – herd of 18 elephants with 4 babies…

…cheetahs from yesterday are mom with 3 cubs…

…out and about on the prowl…

…along with Leona the Leopard!

2nd Game Drive – same varying array of animals…

Barry the Buffalo

…plus first topi…

…feverishly in search of the…

…ever elusive Reggie the Rhino!

Tina the Topi

FUN-fact – They place hot water bottles in the bed at night!

FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 1

July 30, 2019 by · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 1 

1st Game Drive 6:15 – Exquisite Early Morning Movement!

…lions…cheetahs…elephants…buffalo…leopards…hyenas.

Simba Stalking

  • Back 9:15 for breakfast & ask for twin beds pushed together. Luckily it’s an option!

2nd Game Drive 4:00 – herd of 14 elephants with 2 babies…4 cheetahs resting…

..warthogs…giant kingfishers…yellow billed storks…gray headed kingfisher…

…+ the usual suspects.

Mara River

FUN-fact – We saw the Big 4 today!

More FF – They call a game drive the “African Massage”…it’s free and guaranteed that every guide will give you one.

FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya

July 30, 2019 by · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya 

  • Depart 9:30 for Kenya flight…arrive 10:30 Tarime, TZ for drive to border…

…experience typical 3rd World Customs Chaos & Immigration Extortion!

  • Need yellow fever card (medical record proof doesn’t cut it)…

…so have to pay additional $100 + $100 for Visa fees.

Airstrip Gift Shop

…catch cheetah on high alert…lurking in grass ready to pounce…

…takes 3-day-old baby gazelle down.

  • Rest of day relax and get deep tissue massage. AHH!

FUN-fact – Night Noises – Howard the Hippo howls + elephants trample + baboons grunt & hyenas stalk.

Not so FF – This camp only has queen size beds which ain’t cutting it!

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