As we were planning to spend two nights
instead of our usual one at Ngutuni, we thought it would be fun to
find out just how much of a game watching experience you can have
without leaving the lodge.
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| Elephants let us know what they think of our Lazy Person's Safari |
Many people may not wish to take a
safari the way we do it, they may find the idea of camping in the
African bush or the heat and dust or the hours of driving on bumpy
tracks unappealing. We carried out this highly scientific research
for those people's benefit. So here is our list of wildlife we saw
in just one day at Ngutuni Lodge from either the terrace or the
balcony of our room:
Yellow Baboon
Elipsen Waterbuck
Black-Backed Jackal
Spur-Winged Plover
Namaqua Dove
Elephant
Tawny Eagle
Ground Hornbill
Bulbul
White-Browed Sparrow Weaver
Superb Starling
Grant's Gazelle
Red-Billed Oxpecker
Impala
Fisher's Starling
Crowned Plover
Masai Giraffe
Warthog
Zebra
White-Bellied Go-Away Bird
Red-Billed Qualea
Ring-Necked Dove
Swallow
Pied Crow
Black-Faced Sandgrouse
Yellow-Necked Spurfowl50
African Mourning Dove
Maribou Stork
Sandpiper
Unstriped Ground Squirrel
Buffalo
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| Kenya's Hog Formation Display Team doesn't use Harleys - it uses actual Hogs |
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| Karen enjoying a lazy person's safari from the balcony of our room |
So as you can see, it is entirely
possible to have a full and rewarding safari experience, whilst
sitting with a cold Tusker in the luxurious surroundings of Ngutuni
Lodge. However, even this approach does have its own risks, as
Howard's sunburnt knees from a day sitting on the terrace will
testify.
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| Elephant playtime at the waterhole |
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| Bulbul on the terrace fence post |
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