Blogs from Coast Province, Kenya, Africa - page 9

Back in Nairobi again, we quickly made our way back to Wildebeest to grab our safari gear. Our final safari in the shadows of Mount Kilimanjaro in the land of giant elephants had finally arrived. True to her shrewd personality, our safari agent Joyce was unwilling to send the driver to pick us up from our hostel (we later discovered the Savuka house was only fifteen minutes from us). Instead, we were instructed to wait for the safari driver in a shopping center. Unsure of our location, we anxiously waited as the long minutes dragged on. Finally, a city driver for the company picked us up and transported us to the Savuka guesthouse where we were forced to wait another hour. The safari group that we would be joining suffered a lengthy delay, but finally arrived. ... read more

Recouped and ready to go, we left Nairobi for Mombasa on the overnight bus. A standard charter bus, we slept comfortably for most of the night. Unfortunately, there was a massive accident on the two lane highway and our nine and a half our journey dragged out to almost twelve hours. Mombasa is far more industrial than Nairobi and is Kenya’s second most populous city. Our African adventure had been hot and humid, but the coast was on a whole new level. Situated almost perfectly on the equator, Mombasa is pounded by the brilliant sun. We hailed a tuk tuk (a three wheeled motorcycle cab) and weaved through the dense city traffic. Our ride ended at the Liloni Ferry where we were herded like cattle with hundreds of locals onto massive diesel barges that transported ... read more

I'm not sure whether I should write about Lamu in my blog. It seems to be unheard of outside Kenya - hidden behind the plains of the Masai Mara, the beaches of Mombasa, and the peak of Mt. Kenya, doesn't appear on package tours or safaris - and therefore seems to have remained under the radar of most mainstream tourism. And thankfully so, for here, just off the northern Kenyan coast, just 40 miles from Somalia, is a little piece of car-free paradise that the world is yet to discover. I'd be lying if I said it's not touristy - the number of smart hotels and restaurants on the sea front prove that it is - and it is the talk of the town in the backpacker hostels in Nairobi, but it's managed to keep it's ... read more

Hier noch ein paar weitere Fotos aus meinen Ferien: mein Lieblingsaufenthaltsort: der Public Beach von Mombasa.... read more

Es ist eine Weile vergangen seit dem letzten Safari. Um Mombasa gibt es nicht viele Nationalparks und diese wenigen habe ich schon besucht. Aber im Süden von Kenya befindet sich ein kleiner Park, Shimba Hills genannt. Shimba heisst auf Kiswahli Löwe. Aber eines weiss ich jetzt schon: Löwen gibt es in diesem Nationalpark keine. Der Weg dorthin führt durch die Innenstadt von Mombasa, über die berühmte Likoni-Fähre, welche Mombasa mit dem südlichen Teil der Stadt verbindet. Der Park ist klein und besitzt nicht viele Tierarten. Doch der Beginn des Safari führt mich zuerst zu den Sheldrick Waterfalls. Um dahinzugelangen, muss man zuerst fast eine Stunde durch den Busch laufen. Zum Glück ist es leicht bewölkt, ansonsten wäre es unter dieser Sonne zu heiss gewesen. Danach gibts dann die ersten Tiere zu sehen: Giraffen, Steinböcke, Wildschweine, Gazellen ... read more