I set off from Leeds/Bradford for my flight to Nairobi from London. Thankfully there were no delays and I got through to Nairobi at 7am on Monday morning. Kenya is 3 hours in front of England.
On the Monday I joined with the people on the tour and we drove down to Nyeri, which is a 3 hour drive from Nairobi, to the Out Span Hotel. I stopped there for a night and the hotel had electric but had no heating so a man came round at 7pm to light my open fire so I did not freeze.
On Tuesday we travelled to the Mount Kenya National Park Mountain Lodge for a night where they had a water hole in front of the lodge. Animals came up to the hole day and night and the lodge had lots of view points to see the animals in there natural habitats. As well as all of that there were monkeys which tried to get in the lodge and steal all of the food.
On Wednesday we travelled to Lake Nakuru National Park and Lake Nakuru Lodge. We had a game drive in the afternoon and we saw the famous flamingos in the lake. Also there was the Rothschild Giraffe and the Rhino.
On Thursday we went to the Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge which was the best lodge on the holiday. It was as if I was in a dream world. The lodge was at the side of the lake and the lake had hippos in it so when they came out of the water to graze on the hotel grounds at 7pm we had to be escorted to dinner by a security guard. As well as that we got to have a boat ride on the lake and see the hippos and wildlife on the lake.
On Friday we travelled to the Masai Mara which is the Kenyan part of the Serengeti plain. A place where they believe that all the cows in the world belong to them. We went to visit a village and see the houses that the people live in. These are made out of cow dung and wood. There were flies everywhere and a lovely smell. We went to the Mara River and saw the dead animals on the bank from where they tried to cross and ended up breaking their legs or getting crushed. As well as that some of us went on a hot air balloon for an hour which was really good as we saw lots of animals and had a champagne breakfast.
I stayed at the Masai Mara up until Monday where we went to Nairobi to stay in the Hilton Hotel. We had dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant where we ate Ostrich and Crocodile plus all the usual meats such as pork, lamb and beef. I also went to a Giraffe park where I cuddled, kissed and fed the Giraffes.
Got up at 5am in the morning and went to the airport for my plane back to Heathrow and then my flight back to Leeds/Bradford. I finally got home at 10.30pm.
I had a fantastic experience and was very lucky to see all the animals in their natural habitats.
Thank you to all the people I went with for a truly amazing time and we had a laugh.
Take Care.
Robert
