The most beautiful Safari I ever made.. Watamu, Tsavo and Amboseli parks, Kenya

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Finally a few days of relaxation after a really intense .... A friend of mine speaks to me in Kenya for years ... and I say why not ... this time I want to be to live the African dream! Do I specify the persons to whom you entrust usually and Top Kenya Safari Contact http://www.safarikenyatop.com very kind and I answered a guy named Abdul, once we understand, on the fly, you see that working with tourists for many years and in a jiffy organize safaris and excursions ! seeing their website understand immediately that they are reliable people, feeling confirmed by the extreme courtesy and timeliness in the responses I get on the phone and via email. So do not hesitate to confirm the reservation already suffered from Italy.
Me and my boyfriend Mirco start from Bologna with night flight to Mombasa on Friday February 4, 2011. Here he received the Staff of the Jacaranda which is located in Watamu.
From Mombasa to reach the village would employ about 2 hours bus. Through the window we begin to see Kenya, its colors, children, life Kenyan villages, we look with curiosity and without patience, will soon discover in those moments ...
Arrived at the Jacaranda we are immersed in a village disguised in a garden full of flowers, plants of all kinds, with white sand and a sea of ??different shades of blue and green, which is part of a protected Marine Park, Sardinia 2 .
The beach is so white because of the algae, brought from the high tide and low tide at the time of collection, only to be thrown into the sea. How to tell the boys of the village, being a protected area, is the sea, the force of nature, with its cycles to clean the beach and make it white. They say that December is the most beautiful beach in Kenya.
On the beach there are all the Beach Boys. Knowing the new arrivals, we expect to offer all the various excursions, game drives.
We already have our agreement with Kenya Safari Top, here comes .... Abdul ... We recognize in motion immediately and call him by name, after seeing a lot of pictures of her on his facebook site and could not be wrong , it was him for sure. We begin to speak, already the contacts we had sent by e-mail security, reliability and competence. The encounter with him confirms this. We understand that a lot of experience and speaks excellent Italian. We decide to meet the very next day in the city center in Watamu so we will have taken advantage for us to accompany you to take the Safaricom and change money in shillings, as the resort is quite out of hand this was the first opportunity to venture into the midst of real life African! After all our laps for the stalls in the company of Abdul try to repay by offering an ice cream at an Italian ice cream, so we get a quiet moment. After a day of the hotels we understood that Africa must be lived in contact with the real Africa. In between the sun shines and is very hot, we were waiting for the ice cream!
We confirm 3 days / 2 nights at Amboseli and Tsavo East with departure on Monday morning at 6.00. And even a safari to the Blue Mangrove for Thursday. In fact there are so many trips that could be done, that should be made (Masai Mara, Lamu, Marafa, Gede Ruins).
Let's take a walk on the beach with Abdul, and listening to his stories.
On Monday morning, as we agreed at the entrance of our village, where with him there 'also the driver. We pass them to another village to meet our fellow travelers. A very nice pair of Bologna.
Here we go. It will take about two hours to arrive at the park Tsavo East, but the journey gives us so many beautiful images. As a first step Abdul takes us to see the alligators, up close, very close ... and he cleverly makes them leave the water to allow us to photograph them.
My boyfriend is not very well even in this respect and Abdul is proving a very careful and thoughtful person. Of course there is always the magic phrase in use in Kenya, "Hakuna Matata," which he uses very often: No problem ...
We leave, and we enter the park, where we find the first game drive of the day. Abdul has promised us that we will see the Lions. We see zebras, elephants, hippos, impala, antelopes, even what he calls "gazelle giraffe" is very small and gets up on two feet to get to eat the leaves from the trees. Waterbuck, Pharaoh, colorful birds, ostriches, Dik Dik, Buffalo, Wildebeest, Storks Savannah, Giraffe etc.etc.
As we see him, he explains and details the life and habits of all.
The landscape is made of red soil in contrast with the blue sky and the trees or giant Baobab ombrelliferi.
Then suddenly he sighted in the bushes by the roadside, a lioness. Do not want to go out, but we see her beautiful face very well. What a thrill ...
At the same time there behind us' a herd of buffalo crossing the road, are all in a row, a long line ...
We arrive at our Lodge all dusty red earth. Abdul has booked at Voi Wildlife, in cozy. Here there wanting 'the possibility of staying in the "tented". The place is very nice, and also has a swimming pools where you can see at all hours of the day the animals come to drink.
In the afternoon we go out for another safari, where we will see from afar the lions and lionesses who killed the antelope, and now, after the meal, are resting.
The next morning we set off for the other park Amboseli, initially red kilometers of road, a strip infinite, then the landscape slowly changes, is not so red. And 'more arid expanses then become clear and bare, a few plants, arriving Amboseli becomes greener, and there are puddles' Lake frequented all kinds of animals that go to water. Eagles and vultures are eating the remains of lunch made by the Lions. The ugly warthogs, hyenas. We will see two different types. And again, Giraffes, Elephants ...
Suddenly there comes a radio communication of a sighting of a lion and our driver a full sprint. We find him asleep under a bush, indifferent and goings of buses, does not want to wake up. It is now almost sunset and we head towards the Kibo Camp. Our tents are immersed in Savannah, comfortable, with bathroom and shower inside. A wonderful location with views of Mount Kilimanjaro, at sunset shows completely from view. Its snow-capped peak, which glows red, orange, pink ...
Although the weather was good, and there is cold at night they light a fire, where we gather after dinner to chat and admire the starry African sky, the Milky Way.
The next morning wake up at dawn for the last round in the bush before returning to Watamu. We are almost near the exit of the park when suddenly we see a lioness still young we cross the street, continues and then stops and watches us.
It 'was an amazing holiday, and rethink to Kenya for me is always a' emotions, these emotions are finally mine! Me and my boyfriend we are already planning the next trip to Kenya, this time we want to go to the Masai Mara, of course, always with Abdul
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