It is 6 a.m. and, gathered in little groups
around the open-sided lounge, we recall the
night's activities. I had awakened to a trio of
baboons scuffling on my back porch. Scott,
who inadvertently left his door open, played
unwilling host to a pair of hamster-like
creatures under his bed. Those of us with
rooms facing the waterhole told of zebras,
elephants and cape buffalo trekking past our
windows. But now it is dawn and, bleary eyed
over delicious Kenyan coffee, we wait to begin the first of many trips. Before
we're through we will know something of the never-ending dramas, the
wisdom and cunning, tenderness and savagery, enacted in the name of survival
by wildlife in Kenya's national parks and game preserves.........
We are a group of twelve travelling in
two mini-busses with roofs raised for easier
viewing. Our two weeks' tour will see us
lodged in five different preserves, in
accommodation ranging from comfortable
to luxurious. Twice a day, unless travelling
between parks, we will bounce along dirt
tracks, happily watching and photographing
game. At nightfall we will return to our base
and swap tales of the day's adventures that would do Hemingway proud....
The following are notes from my diary, kept while on safari:.......
It is 6 a.m. and, gathered in little groups
around the open-sided lounge, we recall the
night's activities. I had awakened to a trio of
baboons scuffling on my back porch. Scott,
who inadvertently left his door open, played
unwilling host to a pair of hamster-like
creatures under his bed. Those of us with
rooms facing the waterhole told of zebras,
elephants and cape buffalo trekking past our
windows. But now it is dawn and, bleary eyed
over delicious Kenyan coffee, we wait to begin the first of many trips. Before
we're through we will know something of the never-ending dramas, the
wisdom and cunning, tenderness and savagery, enacted in the name of survival
by wildlife in Kenya's national parks and game preserves.........
We are a group of twelve travelling in
two mini-busses with roofs raised for easier
viewing. Our two weeks' tour will see us
lodged in five different preserves, in
accommodation ranging from comfortable
to luxurious. Twice a day, unless travelling
between parks, we will bounce along dirt
tracks, happily watching and photographing
game. At nightfall we will return to our base
and swap tales of the day's adventures that would do Hemingway proud....
