Kenya Safari – Aberdare Day 8

Kenya Safari - Aberdare Day 8 Up early. Back to the Amboseli airstrip. The shock of fuel smell and noise in Nairobi was bracing. Three hours drive north through Kikuyu county - stunningly fertile and productive land. The Kikuyu has red volcanic soil, 50” of rainfall annually and green everywhere. It could be Georgia. Soon a roadside rest for toilets and trade and more of that “collect-all-and-then-we-bargain” system of shopping. Kim collected $25 worth of carved and beaded trinkets. The opening offer was $21,000 KS ($300) She departed with a disappointed merchant chasing after begging for a counter offer. Lunch at Aberdare Country Club. Nine holes played with giraffe and warthog ... [Read More]

Kenya Safari – Amboseli – Day 7

Kenya Safari - Amboseli Day 7 This morning we got to stalk with the cheetah. We were parked directly behind her, erect black ears framing an array of six Tommys 300-yards up-wind. The terrain sloped uphill perhaps as much as 10 feet over the distant with the Tommys at the top and just over the rise. Those in foreground we could see perfectly and of those in the back we could see body and head. The grass was sparse and mostly about a foot tall. Our job was to advance without being seen. That meant skulking forward a few paces only when all heads were down or ... [Read More]