We arrive at our first safari camp on Thursday Aug. 04, Elsa's Kopje, Kenya. This is where George Adamson lived and the movie "Born Free" was filmed. We were there for 2 nights and did 5 safari drives...so before we get into our safari drives, I have to say that our hosts, Charlie and Philip were absolutely incredible....there not a request or detail that was overlooked. If you asked for it just happened! Some 4 and 5 star hotels could take some pointers from these two!.
Safari time...the park that Elsa' s Kopje (kopje is a rocky outcrop) is in is Meru National Park. The park is 870 square kms and Elsa's Kopje is the only safari accomadation in the park....talk about having the place to yourself! We had a phenom of a guide, John. The safari vehicle was Land Rover and ii only had 2couples in it, so lots of room. We saw 4 of the big 5 in our first 2 days....lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo. The elusive leopard was nope spotted but heard at night. We had "sun downers" on both of our afernoon drives. For those of you not familiar with the term "sundowner", it is a safari tradition, that were every you are at sun down, you have a drink in your hand! So we would be just driving around and John our guide on the first nights says" hey look there are people setup over there to camp, they are not permitted to do that!...lets go check it out. As we pull up and he stops there is a table setup on a rocky knoll with a spectacular view of the sunset...it was for us. Then there was breakfasts, you set out on safari at 6:30am, at 9:00am, there was a crew that had gone ahead and setup a full kitchen for breakfast at incredible sites along rivers..bacon, eggs, quiche, the whole fixings. I think I have already put on 10lbs on this trip.
As usual I'llpost pics on Facebook.
Our next stop is Saruni Samburu, Kenya for a 3 night stay.
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