Kenya finally (deferred three times for COVID): our 25th safari was the best ever!

[Tdgraves]

Ooh @PT123 it could’ve been the same couple (apart from it wasn’t). I think that “knob” was the least offensive expletive that the OH referred to him as. “Sucking a lemon” really sums it up!

[AndrewB]

I expect many of us have come across a fellow guest who was a bit out of place on safari. We shared a camp with someone we labelled the "Big Cheese" a few years ago. Liked to pontificate at dinner, his teenage daughter spilled the beans about it all being based on a three day safari 15 years before! He went strangely quiet when we were joined by an octogenarian American who had been a regular safari goer for in excess of 50 years!

Mind you; it could be humbling to find out what people say about me and wonder what my nicknames have been!

[TonyQ]

You had great sightings in the conservancies, and seeing a second Serval -wonderful 

[Tdgraves]

1 hour ago, AndrewB said:

 

Mind you; it could be humbling to find out what people say about me and wonder what my nicknames have been!

I expect mine would be something along the lines of bird lady, but in Kanga camp in Mana Pools it was probably bath lady. (We were put into the honeymoon suite which had a massive outdoor bath. I wanted to test it out, but given the short amount of time between game drives and dinner, I asked them to run it for me so that it was ready on my return. The radio message during the afternoon game drive to check what temperature I would like caused much consternation and laughter in the vehicle).

[Tdgraves]

Day 11: Morning drive

 

Today would have been the day for our full day drive into the Masai Mara again. However, given that it was such a long day, we were tired, our previous trip was unlikely to be bettered (apart from a crossing which hadn't been happening) sightings in the conservancy were so good, we decided to forfeit this and when we returned home we got a refund for our park fees. The trip had been booked so long before and rearranged so many times that I had forgotten that this was an added extra. It turned out to be a good decision, not only because there were no crossings (our previous vehicle mates did go), but because again, we had great local sightings.

 

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First up, our resident leopard was beneath the tree again.

 

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But eventually breakfast called

 

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We had her to ourselves apart from for about 5 minutes when another vehicle from a different camp joined. Today our guide really came out of his shell and we explored a part of the conservancy that we had not yet covered. There were more birds in this area.

 

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We were next to a small river where a pod of hippos were resting. No sooner had we stopped then two started "fighting"

 

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We had a brief sighting of a spotted hyaena, but were not helped by the long grass

 

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And next was yet another safari first - a jackal pup. Not the best photographic conditions unfortunately

 

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Mum was keeping an eye from a safe distance

 

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Eventually, we had to stop for breakfast as well! As it was already pretty late, the trip back to camp was less productive. This pair were already seeking shade and there was not much "action"

 

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This bird caused much consternation. I think as Dominic had not seen one before and didn't believe my ID (of a magpie shrike)!

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The last sighting before lunch

 

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A very long, but productive drive. As we were quite hot when we arrived in camp, we sat and had a drink in the main tent before going back to our tent prior to lunch. This turned out to be a brilliant decision, as Edward our guide from Mara camp had brought a guest over and it gave us a chance to catch up.

[Tdgraves]

Day 11: Evening drive

 

First a silverbird that joined us for lunch

 

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And then it was time to go. It rapidly clouded over again and there was intermittent light rain. We went to find a cheetah and cub, but unfortunately, they were just over the boundary into the main reserve, so there were many, many vehicles. Our guide did really well getting us into great positions, but it was so dark that trying to capture the cub playing with mum and ultimately the failed hunt was virtually impossible

 

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Again, sundowners were taken in the vehicle, due to the rain, but we did get a nice sunset and a silhouette opportunity on the way back to camp.

 

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[Tdgraves]

Day 12: Morning drive

 

As we had pre-arranged a late checkout and a middle of the day flight, it meant we could have a whole game drive and lunch before worrying about having to leave. It seemed sensible to maximise our time here, rather than in Nairobi. All others who left when we were there had to forgo the morning drive, apart from en route to the airstrip. This turned out to have been very prescient. First up was a small pride of lions with little cubs. Unfortunately it was cloudy and barely light and they were moving a lot, so not great for photography.

 

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Next up a lion pair. This was the only time I regretted having the vehicle roof closed. When we arrived, two other vehicles from camp were already at the sighting, with the optimal positions. Our guide really struggled to get parked (they were at the top of a kopje) and the angle was difficult through the window. The male was in golden light as we drove up and I stupidly did not look at the sky behind us. By the time we came to a standstill, the sun had gone behind the clouds . I was kicking myself all morning, but we still got our "Lion King" moment

 

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Then a cheetah, which was not the one we were looking for...

 

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scouting for breakfast

 

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 these were a bit far away

 

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time to regroup

 

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I was very impressed at the behaviour of the guides. Once it became clear that a hunt was in the offing, the few vehicles present all withdrew to a polite distance in order to not interfere

 

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and then it was on!

 

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It missed, but no sooner had it slowed down, then it went off 180 degrees from the original chase and ran about 300 metres or so. By the time we had re-positioned the vehicle, this had already happened.

 

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our first cheetah kill!
 

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jackals were already harassing the cheetah

 

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so it quickly got work

 

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the jackals increased in numbers

 

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which in turn attracted the hyaenas

 

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who promptly stole the carcass

 

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but they were being harassed by the jackals

 

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and eventually Karma struck and the jackals got their reward

 

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Phew! Time for the humans to have breakfast too and to catch our breath!

 

Not much more on the way back to camp. Another male lion

 

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topi doing their thing

 

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Definitely worth staying an extra half day. I have no idea how much it cost, but it was worth every penny!!

[madaboutcheetah]

Excellent series showing the circle of life and a true natural history moment.  If and when I return to MM, I'd be keen to visit the Kicheche camps (Thanks a lot for writing up this report) @Tdgraves

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @madaboutcheetah I’d thoroughly recommend it!

[Towlersonsafari]

what consistently wonderful phots, I really liked the servals, the hyena kills and the cheetah cub up the tree-what a holiday!    @Tdgraves

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Towlersonsafariit really was!

[Tdgraves]

Our motion camera took at beating at Kicheche Mara, I think there were leaves blowing in front of it in the wind. We got no useable shots and it chewed the batteries. Unfortunately I had not packed any more, as they usually last ages. The manager at Kicheche Bush had 4 new AA batteries, which I used to supplement 4 of the old ones and we got the camera to last another day or so. I had it set up in our "garden" in front of the tent. As the batteries were dead, we did not check the contents until we got home and so were very pleasantly surprised when we saw this....

 

 

 

(ignore the date - low batteries reset the settings)

 

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Just after we left camp for a game drive.

 

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A third serval - Kenya is definitely the destination for them!

[Tdgraves]

We were slightly concerned about the flight being in the middle of the day as the OH gets air sick and the heat can make small planes bump more, but I guess the bonus of leaving from the Mara was that they use quite big planes. A good job too as we landed and took off a further 5 times before we arrived in Wilson. This included a go around at one of the Mara airstrips as there was a broken down plane at the end of the "runway". We were also delayed here as one of the passengers from the stricken plane was a camp manager desperate to get back to Nairobi for the weekend. The airline would not allow him to fly until all of the necessary paperwork (and payment) had been sorted out over the phone, much to the consternation of the pilots, who also wanted to get back for the weekend. I tried some aerial shots, but they were not that successful. I sat in a few different seats on the various aircraft we flew in and could not find a seat with optimal view without the wing obstructing and so settled on the front seat for this trip. We did spot quite a few different species on the landings though.

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Arrival into Wilson was very smooth and by the time we had used the facilities, our bags were ready to collect and our driver met us outside. It was the same driver who had reunited us with our passports and we had a pleasant short drive to Karen. We had a day trip into Nairobi National Park the next day. When confirming the arrangements he referred to the timings on an old itinerary. I had made the pick up earlier (5.30) as I wanted to get to the gates at opening time to make the most of the morning light. We therefore had a long conversation about the pick up time and confirmed it three times with him before he dropped us off. He relayed this to the guide that we had been allocated the next day. We stayed in Karen Gables, which is a converted house and was an excellent choice. It has wooded gardens and a swimming pool. Despite being in the centre of a city, the trees and gardens gave a more relaxing feel. There are only a few rooms and so it was quiet, rather than emerging from the bush into a massive corporate hotel. The food was excellent and as we had had a long day and an early wake up, we retired to bed after an early dinner, full of expectation for our last day in Kenya.

[Tdgraves]

Day 13: All day drive, Nairobi National Park

 

So as was probably entirely predictable, 5.30 came and went and there was no sign of the guide. Our packed breakfast and lunch were duly delivered by the hotel, who then had to try and contact the driver. The duty telephone was answered by the driver who had dropped us off the night before and he swore blind that our guide was aware that the pick up was at 5.30 not 6.30 and contacted him to speed him up. Of course, he arrived at exactly 6.30am but was apologetic. He then appeared to not know our itinerary, thinking that we would be going back to the hotel at lunchtime as this was apparently what most people do (we had arranged an all day drive to give us options and as to not feel rushed, but did not expect to be in the park for the entire day). Being aware that we had a picnic breakfast and lunch, he had to stop en route to buy food for himself. It turned out to be an easy drive on a Saturday and the park formalities were fast. The light was lovely when we got going. There is a small lake close to the gate which had some waders in it.

 

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The first of the big five

 

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followed soon by the second

 

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This was the only time we had anything approaching a traffic jam, as it was next to a narrow bend in the road

 

General game was quite plentiful, despite the dry conditions

 

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Once we were away from the gate, the number of vehicles rapidly reduced (I suspect it may have been a weekend effect, probably much quieter on a weekday)

 

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The third of the big five (and that was all we managed)

 

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The Nairobi-Mombasa railway is apparently very popular with locals who can then avoid the busy road

 

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Time was ticking by and we were getting quite hungry. We had travelled the majority of the way down a dead end road which had a picnic site at the end of it, when our guide decided to turn around. I had to ask him where he was going and remind him that we needed to eat our breakfast. He turned around and we went to the not very picturesque picnic site. Refuelled, we set off again. Our guide was very quiet throughout and was really just acting as a driver.

 

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And then for some iconic NNP views

 

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Into a different area of the park and it was getting quite hot. We saw some eland, but distant and no photos. Our guide didn't believe me when I spotted them...

 

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We also saw duiker and reedbuck. By about 1pm we were getting tired and asked to be taken back to the hotel. Our guide suggested checking out the lake first, which was a good idea.

 

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There was a small dust storm

 

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And then it was time to leave. The gate area was much busier by now, as was the traffic. Our guide was scheduled to also take us to the airport later and suggested stopping at a craft shop, which we declined. We were dropped back at the hotel with a departure time of 7.30 set to get to the airport in good time to go through all of the security checks. We had our packed lunch back at the hotel and relaxed before the long journey home. Well the OH relaxed, I was stalking the garden for birds.

 

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Another delicious dinner and wouldn't you know it, the driver arrived 15 minutes early . He then drove excessively fast to the airport and did not help us with the luggage when we got there. Unsurprisingly, he did not receive a tip. It left a slightly sour taste to the end of the safari, but I think we were just unlucky with a guide who was jaded/burnt out. Getting through the airport was very smooth. I am unclear why they need to X-ray prior to check-in and then immediately after, given that they are in control of that area? I don't know how anyone would be able to secret anything into their hand luggage from the check-in hall...any way, it didn't really add any additional time to get through, although passenger volumes were still depressed following the pandemic. An 8 hour late overnight flight and we were back in the UK.

[Zim Girl]

That was a lovely drive through NNP to finish.  Enjoyed this TR, you had many really good sightings across the Parks and lots of very beautiful pictures.

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Zim Girl

[Towlersonsafari]

wonderful report !  @Tdgraves

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Towlersonsafari

 

[PT123]

@TdgravesWhat a great report, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm glad that you hit the serval jackpot!

 

[Tdgraves]

So were we @PT123 we had waited long enough!!!

[pault]

Great stuff @birdlady  Thorough report and beautiful photos as usual. I really enjoyed it. Not sure what to say about this being your first trip there, but now you know. 

 

That is indeed an expensive trip for September. I was considering something similar for June (for quiet rather than for our own type of silver safari but we decided Meru had been done. Flights are unavoidably expensive now though, so I am sure that is pushing the cost of such trips up. We kept the whole trip to 3 flights for this reason.

 

Don’t know where to start with the sightings but seeing a cheetah straight out of the blocks in Amboseli was, I think, a sign it was going to be a great trip. I am surprised you had time for so many bird shots but that’s a great ‘and also…’ for these destinations. Wonderful (albeit frustratingly ‘if only…’) shots at the lake in Amboseli. Photographers’ dream! Brilliant postscript with the serval video.

 

Who guided you at Bush Camp? Have noted Edward for future use as our list of guides at Kicheche is getting shorter and shorter and he sounds just right. And who is managing Bush Camp now?

 

I would have told that couple that I had skin cancer as no way are we sitting in an open-topped vehicle at nearly 2000m altitude on the equator all day. I’ve faced the ‘it’s our vehicle and this is what we do’ mentality before though… maybe I have even been guilty of it a little at times but I wake myself up pretty quickly. Glad Kicheche sorted it for all fairly quickly. I have been asked that question twice and twice the answer was ‘help!’.

 

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @paultI think we greatly benefited from our booking being carried over from 2019 and using air miles for the flights. The only time I know that we had considered Kenya (briefly) in the past was in 2013 just after we moved house and decided we needed a safari fix. I asked expert africa to come up with some options using what they had on special offer and out of an itinerary to Botswana, Zambia and Kenya, Kenya came out the most expensive ! Given that we have never done a proper Botswana trip either, you can see how it has never happened.

 

compared with other countries, I think that the internal flights were relatively inexpensive (using Air Kenya Express anyway).

 

Dominic was our guide at Bush. I am struggling to remember the female managers name, but she was German, the male manager was Dido. 

to be honest, the vast majority of birds that were not within camp, particularly in the Mara conservancies were at other sightings. We stopped for the spotted thick knee as it was literally right next to us and there was nothing else going on. The only time I remember asking to stop specifically for a bird was for the woodpeckers. Obviously at other times when we had a brief private vehicle, the guides knew we liked birds and would be stopping (sometimes) of their own accord.

 

Hopefully it won’t happen again, but I think that your response of “Help!” would have been excellent. 

[Super LEEDS]

On 3/21/2023 at 5:03 PM, Tdgraves said:

 

 

 

Great TR, thank you for sharing - very detailed. May I just ask: is that a TV?

 

[Tdgraves]

@Super LEEDSdo you mean on the wall? It is a photo on canvas

[wilddog]

Fabulous, in depth report, with some amazing photographs.

 

I am pleased Kenya did not disappoint you after the long wait.

 

Thanks for sharing with us @Tdgraves