Morning game drive

I was the only one of the campers to go for the game drive this morning so I tried to sneak out as quiet as I could.

We got served breakfast in the sunrise before leaving.

I think I can say that more or less for every game drive the Impala is the first animal seen. So even for us this morning.

However, what waited around the corner is probably not very common and was not expected. There are always wishes when you go for a game drive, but they hardly ever happened.

About three minutes drive from the gate, just by the little dirt road lay ten, TEN lions. Three males and five females. 

How awesome was that?? 

One couple stayed a little bit away from the other eight. We approached them first, which didn't seem to bother them too much, the continued their business and in three months time there might be some cubs being born. :)

What a brilliant start of this glorious morning. The luck continued the coming hours, we got to see lots and lots of animals. First group of giraffes we bumped into, also next to the road, were 18. All in all we must have seen hundred giraffes and the same or more elephants. This together with herds of Impala, buffaloes, some hippos, a couple of jackals, warthog and more, made our early morning well worth both money and the early start.

When we got back to camp an early lunch was served and then it was time to hit the road. We only have 200km to go, but in our truck and on this roads that means a six hour drive. We climbed two mountain passes and stopped in a baobab forest. 

When we finally got to our destination and it was time to set up camp three of us decided to not put tents up and instead sleep in a thatched gazebo type of building. 

Tonight's dinner was a traditional Masai dinner served in an old Masai ruin that now is preserved under a new roof. Peanut butter soup and beef with ogali and vegetables all from the farm we were staying at. It was a great meal.

A treat for today was that this place had hot water. The water is heated with a constant fire. The only problem with that was that after a while the water got far too hot! Not being used to hot water makes it even hotter.

I crawled into my sleeping bag and felt that this was going to be a good night out in the fresh air. The only not so nice thing was the alarm, set for 04.25!

Well, tomorrow is another day!