Posted Oct. 20, 2024 – Day 7, Sept. 10 – Masi Mara National Reserve.
We went out again today to see the animals. Some folks have gone on a hot air balloon flight. We did that in Australia and so will go out to see the animals again....
Oct.20-2024-Day 6- Masai mara viewing drives
It is Monday, Sept.9, 2024. We went out again today to see the animals. They are everywhere and amazing to see so close and unafraid. The African skies are something else. The horizon is...
Posted Monday, Oct.14, 2024 – Day Five-Sept. 8, 2024 -Masai Mara national Reserve.
We left Nairobi early Sunday morning from Wilson Airport. It is a rather small airport but well kept. The four engine turbo prop plane could hold around forty people. It was about half full....
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 – The Slums and the giraffes.
Sept. 7 – Today we left to see the Kigari Slums with our guide. The others went to see the elephants and giraffes. To each his own. The slums were created by Nubians a...
Oct.12, 2024 -Arrival in Nairobi
Fri. Oct. 6 – We have arrived in Nairobi. Our plane was late taking off as the vehicle used to push it away from the old fashioned stirs was not working. We had to...
Oct.12, 2024 – Arrival in Nairobi
We arrived in Nairobi today. Our guide was there to meet us for our welcome briefing. We then went out to the Kobe Tough bead making enterprise that helps Massi Women whose families have...
Oct. 10, 2024 – Day 6 – Ellen Degeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey gorilla Fund
Day 6 – Today we took the very short drive to the Ellen Degeneres campus to learn about Dian Fossey. I think we could have walked there from our lodge. Her life was one...
Sept. 4 Going to see the gorillas
We left our lodge at 6:00 AM to see the gorillas. this road is the bumpiest road I have ever seen or felt. Let me add that I just arrived in Africa and that...
Oct. 9,2024- Gorilla Lodge – Sept.3
We are settled into our enormous room at The Mountain Gorilla View Lodge. We are about 150 yards from the lodge and dinning room in our own little cabin or house. We are in...
Oct. 7, 2024 – Mountain View Gorilla Lodge
Sept. 3 – We left our hotel today with our little group. We went to the memorial that was a church where thousands of Tutsis were killed by Hutus. The reasons are nonsensical and...