Well we finally made it to the best game park in Africa. Although it was a VERY long day it was well worth it. We got to the gate just before 7am and made it back to the gate at 18:50. 10 minutes later and we would have had a $50 dollar fine to pay for being late out of the park.
We took a guide with us as the park is vast and we wanted to get as much out of the experience as well could. About 1 hour into the drive we came across 4 lioness’s straight off a kill just chilling in the shade of a tree. Was magic to sit and watch them. From there we drove on saw plenty plenty wildebeest. Groups of about 100. The migration is still up in the Masai Mara, so these must be groups who either stayed behind or came back early. Was still awesome to see them in those numbers. There seemed to be as many zebra and Gazelle’s. After driving to the Seronera Plain which is the biggest plain in the park, we came across another female lion, she was across a river so we could not get a great view of her. We then stopped for some lunch, with what was about another 20 game vehicles. Was quite chaotic with the amount of people in the park. Until then we had not really seen more than 2 other vehicles. From lunch we came across a cheetah checking the view. This was crazy as by the time we left there were about 6 cars there. Driving back to the gate, which is a good 3 hour trip, we saw about 4 cars looking at something, which turned out to be a leopard in a tree. Except for the 8 cars watching the leopard it was amazing to see. It did not seem the slightest bit phased. Whoever spotted him must had the best eyesight as we battled to see him properly without binoculars.
From there we had to make the rush for the gate, like i said it is a $50 dollar fine if you are found in the park after 7, so all was going very well until the heavens just opened and we had to slow right down to about 20 as the car was sliding all over the place which was quite hairy for Rohan. But lucky for us we made it by the skin of our teeth. We were totally shattered when we got back to the campsite which luckily was about 1km from the gate. We had dinner and headed straight to sleep.
This morning, we came into Kenya. Like I have said before the more north you go the more chaotic it seems to become. We are staying in a small town called Kisii for the night and heading to Nairobi early tomorrow morning. Still about a 5 hour drive from here. Would like try get there around lunchtime so we have time to find a spot to watch the rugby.
Anyway will be in touch again soon, hopefully we will be needing to find a place again next week for the Final...
We took a guide with us as the park is vast and we wanted to get as much out of the experience as well could. About 1 hour into the drive we came across 4 lioness’s straight off a kill just chilling in the shade of a tree. Was magic to sit and watch them. From there we drove on saw plenty plenty wildebeest. Groups of about 100. The migration is still up in the Masai Mara, so these must be groups who either stayed behind or came back early. Was still awesome to see them in those numbers. There seemed to be as many zebra and Gazelle’s. After driving to the Seronera Plain which is the biggest plain in the park, we came across another female lion, she was across a river so we could not get a great view of her. We then stopped for some lunch, with what was about another 20 game vehicles. Was quite chaotic with the amount of people in the park. Until then we had not really seen more than 2 other vehicles. From lunch we came across a cheetah checking the view. This was crazy as by the time we left there were about 6 cars there. Driving back to the gate, which is a good 3 hour trip, we saw about 4 cars looking at something, which turned out to be a leopard in a tree. Except for the 8 cars watching the leopard it was amazing to see. It did not seem the slightest bit phased. Whoever spotted him must had the best eyesight as we battled to see him properly without binoculars.
From there we had to make the rush for the gate, like i said it is a $50 dollar fine if you are found in the park after 7, so all was going very well until the heavens just opened and we had to slow right down to about 20 as the car was sliding all over the place which was quite hairy for Rohan. But lucky for us we made it by the skin of our teeth. We were totally shattered when we got back to the campsite which luckily was about 1km from the gate. We had dinner and headed straight to sleep.
This morning, we came into Kenya. Like I have said before the more north you go the more chaotic it seems to become. We are staying in a small town called Kisii for the night and heading to Nairobi early tomorrow morning. Still about a 5 hour drive from here. Would like try get there around lunchtime so we have time to find a spot to watch the rugby.
Anyway will be in touch again soon, hopefully we will be needing to find a place again next week for the Final...
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