We are up for the sunrise and our
last game drive. It's 6:30 am but we'll return to the camp for breakfast.
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Sunrise
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We see common waterbuck, scenery, Longnotoi Hill, African rabbit in the bushes, cape buffalo with 3 red billed oxpeckers, baboons in trees, fresh lion tracks, a dik dik peeing to mark his territory, young male lion trying to mate with an uninterested female, male Somali ostrich sitting on eggs in the nest, a group of Beisa oryx-some are licking water from the ground per Jelly, male common waterbuck, a black backed jackal running so fast I couldn't get a picture! A small herd of elephants.
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| Common waterbuck |
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Longnotoi Hill
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Longnotoi Hill
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African rabbit in the bushes
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| Cape buffalo |
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| Cape buffalo with red billed oxpeckers |
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| Olive baboons |
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Fresh lion tracks
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| Dik dik peeing |
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| Lion |
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| Somali ostrich |
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| Beisa oryx |
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| Licking water from the ground |
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| Male and female common waterbuck |
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| Female common waterbuck |
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| Male common waterbuck |
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| Elephant |
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| Baby elephant |
Back to the camp for breakfast. Check out. Jelly drives us to the airstrip at 10:00 am. I give him a thank you note and a $40 tip. We were very lucky in that we saw all of the "special 5"- gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx, Somali ostrich, and Grevy's zebra. Our
SafariLink flight leaves at 10:40 am. We have stops in Saba and Nynuki. I saw the slopes of Mount Kenya but was unable to get a picture. Darn!
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| Jelly |
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Laikipia-Nanyuki Airport
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| Wilson Airport |
We are picked up around 11:30 am from the Wilson Airport by a guy from Pollman's. He drops us off at the
Karen Blixen Coffee Garden for
lunch. I have a tuna sandwich with coke and Richard has a roast beef sandwich with Tusker beer. At 2:00 pm we're picked up and driven a short way to the
Karen Blixen Museum. We have a guided tour. I bought some postcards and coffee.
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Lunch
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| Warthogs |
Next is the
Giraffe Center. We were here before at the start of our trip. But it's nice to see the Rothschild giraffes again. We were supposed to go to the Kazuri Bead Factory which is run by single women but it's closed.
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| Rothschild giraffes |
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Feeding the giraffe
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At 5:30 pm we are taken to
Carnivore Restaurant for
dinner. This place is famous for its variety of meats, some of which are unusual. Tonight on the menu is crocodile meat and ostrich meatballs along with pork, turkey, leg of lamb and much more. This is a neat place. There's this huge grilling BBQ type area with several men cooking the meat. At your table is a flag. As long as it's upright servers will continue to bring you a variety of meats skewered on a long sword. When they get to your table you are asked if you want what they have. If yes, then it's sliced off for you. On the table is a large lazy susan with corn relish, salads, different sauces for the meat. You also get baked potatoes. I think I had turkey, beef, ribs, some chicken, pork, lamb, ostrich meatball, and a tiny bit of crocodile. I asked for very small slices so I could taste them all! Richard finally laid that flag down. We were stuffed. and couldn't eat another bite. Dessert-so many choices but settled for ice cream.
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| Dinner |
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| Where all the meat is cooked |
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| Yummy! |
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| Our table |
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Cutting a slice of meat for us
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| We give up and lay our flag down! |
I bought lots of things in Africa-jewelry, crafts, T shirts............too many to list individually. Most were gifts for family but some were for myself and my husband. Here are just a few pictures of things I bought.
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| Sisal basket |
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| Bracelets and hair barrette-beautiful bead work |
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| T shirts |
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| Picture frames and animal figures |
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| Lovely shallow bowl |
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| Ebony carved candle stick holder and Maasai ceremonial bonker |
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| Carved platter |
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| Purses and tribal top |
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| Jewelry |
Our driver has our luggage with him and it's all there. We drive to the
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for our
overnight flight to London. This airport is named after Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta. We get here at 8:00 pm. Our British Airways flight #64 is scheduled to depart at 11:20 pm. No problems with check in but my nail care set that I forgot to put in my checked baggage got confiscated.
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