After our 6.00 am tea tray and bucket shower we went to the mess tent for breakfast as we had decided to go for a another slightly longer walk. We set off at 7am with our guide, spotter and an old Masai, wearing traditional Masai dress and a woolly hat! He led the walk and we double translation as he spoke to our spotter in Masai, he translated it into Swahili and spoke to our guide who translated it again into English for us - it seemed to work and nothing seeme...

Up at 6 ......well the tea arrived and for the first time we were stuck to the mattress. John relented first and got the tea tray and made the tea - he then quickly showered but didn't shave I quickly showered and we arrived just 5 minutes late - but it could have been so much more! Because the guide and vehicle are only for us it meant we were not impacting on anybody else......otherwise I am sure we would have wiggled faster! We took a packed breakfast with u...

We arrived in Nairobi last night and now knowing there are two immigration halls we didn't follow the crowds turning right, we turned left and were second in the queue and out in a jiff - beats the almost 90mins last time! But there are swings and roundabouts - the luggage took an age - after arriving at 2130 we were finally united with our 4 bags and in the taxi heading to the Hilton at 2230ish. I checked in while John left two of the bags at the concierge des...

Our last day - we have been away a month and now have to start our journey back to the UK and prepare ourselves for cooler climes. We left Sayari, having had a packed lunch thrust into our hands, and went to the airstrip with one of the pilots,who had arrived the previous evening, for the Coastal air 1000 am flight. After a slight confusion - with people thinking we were on the Coastal air flight - we checked our itinerary and found we were on the Regional air f...

Today the tea arrived at 0545 and we responded quickly so the steward wasn't left hanging around outside! Although we were on our own today as Hiroko and Dan were off to the central Serengeti we opted for another picnic breakfast and an 0630 departure. What transpired was probably one of our best days on safari ever. It started with watching reedbuck lying still in the reeds; we then saw a lone lioness sitting on a rocky outcrop. Next our guide noted a rock ou...