We got up at dark thirty to be on the road. We had to cross Nairobi to get to the new train station for the high speed rail. While waiting to board the train, many of us had food delivered to us in the First Class lounge. The regular seats were about $3, ours were a whopping $8! The line goes from Nairobi, all the way to Mombasa, but we only traveled about an hour and a half to the small town of Emali where our drivers picked us up in two vehicles. One is a Toyota van converted for safaris with a pop-up top and the other is a Toyota Land Cruiser, also converted. On the way to Amboseli, we could clearly see Mt. Kilimanjaro with no clouds obscuring it, a rare sight and a good omen of things to come. We stopped several times as we got closer to our destination and took photos, including a nice team photo.
We arrived at Kibo Safari Camp, each got our tents and then had a buffet lunch. The buffet had everything from salad fixings, to various kinds of rice, potatos and other starches and vegetables to various kinds of meats and it was all good. I know, because I tried it all!
We rested for a while after lunch and then did our first safari from 3 until about 6pm. We saw everything from lots of birds, to warthogs, wildebeests, impalas, gazelles, pink flamingos and lots more.
After the safari, we had time to shower and rest until a 7:30 pm dinner. Once again, everything on the buffet was excellent. More to follow. Blessings!
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