Category Archives: Kenya

Sunday February 11 Massai Village

Boucherville We got up this morning had a leisurely breakfast around 7:15 am and then boarded the land cruiser along with Glenn and Kimberly headed towards the Massai Village. It was a about an hour and 15 minute ride through the … Continue reading

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Saturday, February 10 North Mara

This morning we ate breakfast at Entim at 6 am and met up with Mikhail, packing our lunch and setting out at 7am. We have been concentrating our morning and evening game drives in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. It covers … Continue reading

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Friday, Massai Mara

Today is Friday and we started out on our game drive at 6:30 AM. The Entim staff had prepared a breakfast for us to take along. However, we did have our wake up of coffee-just before 5:30 am, delivered to … Continue reading

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Thursday, Massai Mara

Thursday! We got to sleep in – sort of! We had breakfast at 7, departure at 8, then on the road with George to the airfield to catch a puddle jumper to Maasai Mara. Naturally we were held up by … Continue reading

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Wednesday, Sambura Elephants Bed Room

Wednesday Coffee at 5:30 am, then meet George for a 6:30 departure on a game drive. Breakfast is scheduled on our return around 9:30 am. We were still on our cheetah search and on the way elephants, giraffe, gerutuck with … Continue reading

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Tuesday, Samburu, Elephants Bedroom

Tuesday We were able to sleep in – sort of. George was planning to pick us up at 10am, but Abdul had to drive us to the main gate of Lewa Conservancy, which was about 1 hour away. So we … Continue reading

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Day Six Lewa Safari

Monday Morning Game Drive  The moon was still bright when we left at 6:30 AM for our third game drive here at Lewa Conservancy. the previous evening, we arranged with Abdul to carry breakfast out and stop during our drive … Continue reading

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Day Five Sunday Morning Game Drive

What a success! We ventured out at 6:30 AM Sunday morning with Abdul at the wheel!  In less than an hour, we saw 8 different animals – plus birds. The sun was barely up when we encountered ostriches. At a … Continue reading

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Day 4 Lewa Conservancy

We grabbed an early breakfast at Tawi, climbed aboard George’s trusty LandCruiser to set off for Amboseli airport – I spelled it with a little a not a capital A since it was hardly more than a landing strip. We … Continue reading

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Day Three Amboseli National Park

We grabbed a cup of coffee to be ready to meet George at 6:30 AM. He had arranged with Tawi Lodge to get our breakfast-to-go. Our goal was to get to the park early to catch a glimpse of as … Continue reading

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