Africa Adventure Day 7

The following day we left Ashnil Mara in the Maasai Mara Reserve and drove to the Naboisho Conservancy. We were still in the same type of country, but the Conservancy is privately owned by 800 Maasai families. They are allowed to continue to take their cattle out onto the land; the locations change in order not to disturb the wild animals. We were driven to the gate between and transferred to another vehicle just like the one we had been riding in. Our new lodge was the Saruni Eagle View and it was wonderful (they all were!). This one is a tented camp with only about ten tents. They are elevated with views out into the bush. There are no fences, so the animals can move about the property freely. During the day they stayed away, but in the night a number of them were around (we saw the evidence). Before light and after dark we were required to walk to our tent with a guard; they patrol all night.

Great photo of us (!) at the Talek Gate between the Reserve and the Conservancy

We drove through a town and saw many Maasai homes, some stockaded like this for the cattle.

Looking out from the main lounge area of our camp

The tent for Lucy and me; Barbara had her own

The view out the front from inside; the screens were zipped closed

We just got settled in our room when it was time for our first game drive in the conservancy. For the first time, we had others in our vehicle; a Norwegian couple. We stopped for snacks and drinks about 5:30, the only time we did that.

The next two days we did lots of game drives and saw many more animals. Next up: yes, more animal pictures!