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September
30 to October 22, 2007
Total miles flown: 18,350 miles
Total miles driven: ~2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) |
This was perhaps
the best trip ever. It exceeded all of our expectations. This trip
was in the planning for over a year. Susan Wood (email)
of A-Way-To Africa
helped us in planning the trip. She provided very good information
up front and was extremely helpful, very responsive to all of our
questions, and very patient with us. If I go back to East Africa I
will use her services again.
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We
flew to Amsterdam and then connected on to Nairobi. We spent
a couple of days in and around Nairobi letting our bodies adjust
to the new time zone before we began our safari. While in Nairobi
we stayed at the Fairview
Hotel. |
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was a great choice of hotels. It is located within the city
limits but the hotel grounds guard you from the hustle and bustle
of the city it is a fantastic safe haven. |
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Our
first day we when shopping at the Masai Market which was total
chaos and if I had it to do over again I would avoid this market
and instead plan on doing my gift shopping at many of the shops
located out of town on the way to or near the national parks.
None the less we managed to buy most of the gifts we wanted
to take back to friends and we got several good deals. |
Later
that evening we went to dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant
for ostrich, crocodile and other meats. While the restaurant
was fun and the food relatively good it no longer offers the
wide range of wildlife meats and isn’t as much fun as
when we were here 20 years ago.
The
highlight of our two day stay in Nairobi was a day tour with
Kennedy Muthoka (email)of
Waymark Safaris.
Kennedy was very helpful via email prior to the start of our
trip in helping us plan our day tour in and around Nairobi.
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David
Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage – This a really
wonderful organization that rescues injured and orphaned baby
elephants, nurses them back to health and releases them back
to the wild. |
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We
documented 74 different kinds of animals on the trip but we saw
many others species that went uncounted.
African Hare
African Wild Cat
Baboon
Bats
Black Face Vervet Monkey
Black Rhinoceros
Cape Buffalo
Cattle Egret
Cheetah
Colobus Monkey
Crocodile
Crow
Crowned Crane
Dik Dik
Dove
Egyptian Goose
Eland
Elephant
Francolin
Gerenuk
Giraffe
Grant’s Gazelle
Greater Flamingo
Guinea Fowl
Hamerkop
Hartebeest
Heron
Hippopotamus
Hornbill
Horned toad looking lizard (real name?)
Impala
Jackal
Kingfisher
Klipspringer
Kori Bustard
Large Grey Mongoose
Leopard
Lesser Flamingo
Lilac Breasted Roller
Lion
Marabou Stork
Pelican
Plover
Red and Blue lizard (real name?)
Reedbuck
Rock Hyrax
Secretary Bird
Serval Cat
Slender Mongoose
Spider 2
Spotted Hyena
Steinbok
Stilt
Stripped Mongoose
Superb Starling
Thompson’s Gazelle
Topi
Vulture
Warthog
Waterbuck
Weaver Bird
White Rhinoceros
Wildebeest
Zebra
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