Our guide arrived early just before 7am. We bumped down the rough track to the park gates. There was no shortage of vehicles entering, though with it being the 2nd most visited park in Kenya we’d expected this. A cloudy day there was no view of the mountain, and we quickly realised our guide while … More Amboseli – the last National Park (for now)
Up just before sunrise we were packed up and ready to hit the road as soon as it was light enough. Our first stop was for fuel on the way out of town, we didn’t expect to see another fuel station for a couple of days so we wanted to ensure both tanks were full. … More To the West – Tsavo West
Tsavo is made up of 2 national parks, East and West, having being split by the railway. At nearly 22,000km, combined they are the largest national park in Kenya. They form one of the greatest wildlife conservancies on earth. Tsavo is known for its red elephants (dust from the red earth) and is historically famous … More East Tsavo National Park
We wanted to spend our time in Kenya in the national parks in the South East corner of the country, so our plan was to do a couple of big driving days and get there. It wasn’t a straight drive though as we wanted to avoid Nairobi’s notorious traffic jams, so we’d chosen a route … More Kenya – Cross Country
After a quiet night the only thing around as we packed down camp not long after sunrise was a troop of mischievous blue balled monkeys (we don’t know their name so that is a literal description). We kept an eye on them to make sure there was no snatch and grab of any of our … More Entering Kenya
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