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Day4 (31st July 2025) We had a brilliant day exploring Lake Nakuru National Park with game drives in both the morning and afternoon. Over our 2 days in the park we have seen a huge variety of wildlife. The number of birds in the park, attracted by the lake and its swampy edges is incredible.…
Day 3 (30th July 2025) Today we drove to Lake Nakuru where we will be staying for 2 nights at the Sarova Lion Hill Lodge in the National Park. Lake Nakuru is part of a chain of lakes within the Kenyan Rift Valley that have formed due to tectonic activity along the East African Rift.…
Day 2 (29th July 2025) As we weaved in and out of morning traffic on our way to central Nairobi from where we would start our walking tour of the city I enquired about the brightly painted buses that I had seen on yesterday’s trip and could see now full of folks on their way…
Day 1 (28th June 2025) I did a bit of research into the history of Nairobi and I was surprised to find out that actually the city didn’t really exist at all until 1899 when the Uganda railway was constructed by the British who were looking to connect the coast and inland area which had…
My Kenya trip will run from 27th July through to 5th August when we cross the border into Tanzania. For the first 2 days I will be based in Nairobi and have booked 2 half-day tours – one to visit the Karen Blixen museum, Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Conservation Centre and one to have a…
Colette's Grand Detour 