Have just returned home after our
latest safari to Lake Baringo.
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| Island Camp from the water |
A four hour drive on African A roads, B roads and many miles of off road
tracks. Thank heavens for Pete’s 4 wheel drive truck.
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| After lunch siesta outside our 'superior tented cottage'! |
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| View from inside a cottage |
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| Sunrise from the cottage verandah |
The lake and accommodation are quite unique, with our superior
tented cottage and its private plunge pool offering the most wonderful views.
We arranged two early morning guided boat trips to view the
vast range of bird life and in the swamp areas, we were uncomfortably close to
both hippos and crocs!
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| Three 'men' in a boat! |
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| Who's watching who? |
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| Crocs...getting a little too close! |
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| Another fish eagle catching breakfast |
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| Lots of dying trees due to 3 metre water rise over last 5 years |
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| In contrast, a drop of a metre over the last year (see marking on tree trunk) |
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| The local boats are made of papyrus reeds: used by fishermen and souvenir traders |
We had two
splendid nights there and then a two hour drive to Kembu cottages staying at the
childhood home of Beryl Markham which still retains its 1930s style. She was the first female pilot to fly solo
across the Atlantic in 1936 and additionally had quite a reputation as a society
girl especially with our Royals and was eventually paid off by Queen Mary ! The
farm today has over 100 racehorses and is still wonderfully colonial.
Set off from Kembu on Saturday morning and had lunch
overlooking Lake Elementaita. Amazing views of the lake and a range of hills
known as The Sleeping Warrior as depicted by the rock formations. Then back
home in the afternoon to unwind.
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| Hotel fully booked :( so we moved on! |
Love to all back home. See you soon,
Colin and Liz. xx
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