Blogs from Kenya, Africa

After a huge amount of effort on our parts (particularly Kathryn’s), we have since gotten most of our money back from the Visa credit card system. We weren’t certain who was at fault here, whether it was the tour company we’d booked the Africa trip with originally or the airline (KLM). We were angry at both until we discovered that another Canadian couple who were on the same safari that we didn’t make, had flown with British Airways having produced the exact same documentation that KLM had denied us. At this point, all of our anger was redirected to KLM. One KLM (also Air France) airport attendant at Pearson Airport in Toronto, was 100% to blame for our African Safari troubles. We will not fly again with KLM. Our new June 2024 African Safari which is ... read more

My birthday became the day prior to this, and it'll undoubtedly be remembered. Getting up early and heading to Lake Nakuru National Park for SAFARI 😊 I therefore spent my birthday with Alice, our guide Miriam, Phil, the motive force here, Ann, who is the most beautiful woman I actually have ever met, and Sure 24's animals, along with flamingos, pelicans, rhinos, giraffes, lions, water buffalo, and impalas. You know, the everyday party! Additionally went to a lovely lodge inside the sport park for lunch and swimming. Fortunately, I had a genuinely exceptional supper right before unsettled stomach take 1! Following a strong eight hours of safari entertainment, where we tanned unevenly through the car home windows and took a whole lot of humorous pix similarly to some it seems that creative animal images, When we ... read more

Thе concеpt that this was all startеd with an A was that Alicе had takеn a trip to Asia an' Africa; at this point and I might havе to add AMAZING. In lеss than a wееk and I'vе bееn at Surе 24 and an' I'vе sееn so much. Thе lads and from thе 4 yеar old to thе oldеr onеs and arе all amazin' and incrеdibly joyful and an' lеgеnds in thеir own right! Highlights for mе pеrsonally includе pеrsuadin' a four yеar old who is too cutе to say no to еxclaim "dirty and dirty and dirty and dirty..." an' thеn tеllin' him to "do it likе a dudе"! askеd how many childrеn I havе? I was quеstionеd if I would bеcomе black an' all my frеcklеs would join togеthеr if I stayеd in Kеnya ... read more

We were all filled with a bit of sadness over leaving Rhino Camp and our awesome guides Fred and John. But as we bumped across the plains towards the airport and something in the suspension snapped, the sadness was slowly replaced by nerves. Never to let a loose car part get in the way of progress, we limped towards the park gate before a replacement truck picked us up and delivered us to the airport. An hour flight and we were in our new home for the next two days - Porini Mara camp in the Ol Kinyei conservancy. We couldn’t get over how green the surrounds were and as we headed towards the camp, it quickly became obvious why, with lots of water on the ground. The seasonal rains were not so seasonal! A quick ... read more

Some airport dramas with overweight bags but we were on our way without too much stress (and also without socks) before we made a couple of quick stops at airstrips along the way. We arrived at Nanyuki and were picked up by our guides. Some bumping and ‘African massage’ before we checked in to Ol pejeta conservancy and were on our way for ‘not a real game drive’ to get to our accommodation. Well, the ‘not real’ game drive turned out to be pretty unreal, stumbling across a lioness with a freshly killed zebra - she was full of panting with the meat sweats and the zebra was, well, neither full nor panting. Next stop was a white rhino who was busy sniffing a scent left by a female. All seemed well and good until we ... read more