Kembu Farm to Lake Nakuru

Woke up early but was able to go back to sleep as we were not leaving today until a leisurely 10am! Had a cold shower and got sorted for the day ahead. Had breakfast and then we both went to try and find another chameleon – quite a challenge in day…

Masai Mara to Kembu Farm

Woke at 6am for our early morning game drive with Jimmy. Things were fairly quiet on the plains although we did see a pride of lions feasting on a fresh kill (we were just too late to witness it). We also found the same family of cheetahs which decided to…

Masai Mara

Woke up with the sound of the alarm at 4.15am as we were being picked up and taken to our balloon take-off sight. Our driver took us through the national park whilst it was still dark on a very bumpy road. We expected to see at least some nocturnal…

Naivasha to Masai Mara

Woke up at 6.45am after a broken night sleep due to a French group enjoying a birthday party until the early hours. We then had to grab enough stuff for two days in the Masai as we were leaving the big trucks for 4×4 vans. Unfortunately we both…

Nairobi to Naivasha

After landing in one piece we collected our belongings and headed through visa control where we had to pay a steep $50 each for a visa (having been told it was just $25). We then went through to arrivals and met the Exodus group leader ‘Often’ and then the other…