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Kenya animal migration
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"Rita Daggett" wrote: Personally, I'd go for more nights per place at fewer places. The roads arent that good so the travelling is tiring (although you will see game along the way, and African life). Sorry I'm getting into this thread late. I've not been able to get onto Usenet for months! Definitely, but better still have a longer trip! If you move on every day, you'll have very little time in the game parks and reserves. Nothing wrong with the places mentioned in your itinerary, but the distances between them are big. You'd want at least two weeks to do that itinerary! Also, Shaba is off the main tourist itinerary: there's nothing wrong with it, in fact it's one of the more scenic reserves, and the lodge is fine, but usually the game is mostly in Samburu/Buffalo Springs. We stayed at Shaba one year, and ended up driving into Samburu or Buffalo Springs every day since there was so little game in Shaba.. Nowadays I understand, if you did that you'd be charged extra (one fee for Shaba, one for whichever of the others you went into), not to mention the waste of time (about 1/2 hour each way). Mountain Lodge is OK, I was there in July and there were very few animals at the waterhole, but there were some Bush Pigs the first evening just as the sun was going down. Even the Syke's/Blue monkeys were scarcer than the last time I was there. However, if you're interested in birds and go out the nature walk (quite expensive) there are birds there you won't see elsewhere. Lake Nakuru was great in late July: the third time I've been there, and definitely the most flamingoes! That's just luck, they move around at will. I was really, really lucky in the Mara. The wildebeest and zebra were crossing the river on 2nd August (but not the previous day, though they had been in late July, apparently) which is very early. It usually starts in mid-August, and doing a trip timed to see the river crossing was going to be my second retiral trip. Really, Mazda, try to get a longer safari. The trouble with the trip I was on this year was that it was only 13 days: the longest I could get (not being able to afford a private trip on my own in July). :-( Slainte Liz -- http://www.v-liz.com - Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos Photo Gallery: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/g...emberID=165111 |
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