The Adventure Begins - 14 October 2023
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The moment of truth has finally arrived. Years of dreaming about travelling the world, months of planning and too many goodbyes over the last 1.5 months to amazing people and London, the city I calledLeia mais
The moment of truth has finally arrived. Years of dreaming about travelling the world, months of planning and too many goodbyes over the last 1.5 months to amazing people and London, the city I calledLeia mais
Nairobi on a Sunday is filled with so much life. Lots of groups of young people dancing on the streets, pavements and parks to record TikTok performances with sometimes the same dress code. I evenLeia mais
Today, the Safari officially starts. I use Absolute Africa as the tour operator and the tour called “Simba Sounds” will last 38/29 days and runs around Lake Victoria from Nairobi to Nairobi.
TheLeia mais
This afternoon/evening, we spent the night at a Masai camp ground, incl a camp fire and learned about their culture, way of life, food/medicine, progress, use of technology, etc. I did not expect itLeia mais
Today was a full day in the Masai Mara after an evening game drive yesterday. For three of us in the group, the day started very early at 4.45am, as we were going for a Hot Air Ballon ride over theLeia mais
Today, we said goodbye to the Masai Mara, but not before going on a final game drive - and what a game drive it was.
After not having seen the leopard on my safari 8 years ago, we finally saw it. ItLeia mais
Yesterday we arrived at Lake Naivasha and after a short, but somewhat disappointing Hippo cruise, it was off to Hell's Gate National Park - the inspiration of Lion King, which was partly filmed here.Leia mais
For the next two nights we set up camp at Lake Nakuru, which is still on the Maasai land.
After an afternoon of recharging our batteries, it was off for a, what would turn out to be an absolutelyLeia mais
Three days ago, we made our first border crossing, leaving Kenya and heading into Uganda - the pearl of Africa. Our first stop was the action town of Jinja, which sits right at the source of the NileLeia mais
Initially, the tour was scheduled to stop in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
However, few days ago, a terrorist attack killed three people in the park, which is why alternative arrangementsLeia mais