29th out at 6.30
Having gone to bed early to be fresh for the sun rise safari this morning I had little sleep after waking up at about 2pm I could not get back to sleep due to some very large sounding animals moving about very close to the tent. I am sure they were only mice or lizards etc. Bleary eyed, we set off in the sunrise to see a lioness and cub, hyena, a pair of cheetahs, etc etc.
Very bumpy drive home and then a night in Nairobi before Niavasha. The highlight of the return journey was climbing up the escarpment of the Rift Valley in clear skies (we missed this magnificent sight on the way to the safari due to fog).
30 – Lake Niavasha
I got a lift to Niavasha with Sandy a seasoned volunteer so I was at Westlands early for the drive to Niavasha. That was a great treat as it saved a hot trip in about 3 matatu. Unfortunately the lake was over ridden with water hyacinth so we could not do the hippo boat trip thing. We were at Carnelley’s site staying in a Banda. The site was excellent and the bar area was amazing. In the afternoon we went to the Joy Adamson Elsa Museum (her of Born Free Fame) the main reason was they have unlimited cakes with afternoon tea on the lawn included with every ticket. You have to be careful with the cakes though as the Columbus Monkeys in the trees were ninja like in their cake stealing prowess. They managed to sneak a couple but that gave us an excuse to go back for seconds, thirds, etc.
At night we sat on a circle of chairs in a dip with a camp fire in the middle and had food and drink brought out to us. I could not help feeling a little colonial and having a few scruples about the volunteering thing, but hey it was a rare treat.
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