We had not pre-ordered our
visa using the online application system recently introduced by the
Kenyan Government and as a result, we passed through immigration much
quicker joining the small visa queue, as opposed to the lines of
people having their online visas checked, which seemed to take longer
than the visa on arrival procedure anyway.
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| Arriving in Nairobi with Kilimanjaro on the Dawn horizon |
We collected our Landrover,
rented as usual from Landrover Safaris, and began the long drive down
to Voi. Seven and a half hours later, we were back in the Theatre of
the Wild – Tsavo East National Park.
It was two and a half years
since our last visit and it was a little disconcerting to find how
much we had forgotten our way around.
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| Juvenile Brown Snake Eagle |
After a couple of hours game
drive, during which we saw plenty of Elephants, a juvenile brown
Snake Eagle, Eurasian Rollers and Gerenuk. As exhaustion took its
toll, we headed for Ndololo Safari Camp, where we would be spending
the next four nights. The staff, very kindly prepared a late lunch
for us but we were too tired to eat. After retiring to our tent, we
were awoken by Patrick shouting outside to let us know that dinner
was ready – we had fallen asleep and they were having great
difficulty in waking us up.
At dinner, we were still too tired to eat properly but the cold Tusker beer went down a treat and we went back to the tent afterwards and slept solid and deeply for 12 hours.
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| Chairman of the Tsavo East Welcoming Committee comes to greet us |
At dinner, we were still too tired to eat properly but the cold Tusker beer went down a treat and we went back to the tent afterwards and slept solid and deeply for 12 hours.
