Sept 30, Oct 1 - On the Lewa Conservacy

Friday morning we flew from Nairobi to the Lewa airstrip. The airstrip had a washroom facility and four jeeps/land rovers coming to pick people up and drop others off, but we were otherwise truly in the wilds of Africa. 





We quickly found our driver from our lodge, and meandered to the lodge while stopping to admire so many animals!


We checked into our (lovely) lodging, had lunch and an afternoon break. (I’ll write a separate post about where we stayed and the rhythms of safari life.)








Over the two days at the Lewa Wilderness lodge, we did three game drives - 4pm Friday, 6:30am and 4pm Saturday. Our morning game drive ended with breakfast on the savannah, and then we had the chance to ride a camel back to the lodge! (I can now confirm, 20 minutes on a camel is enough for a lifetime.)








Across the game drives, from my notes & pictures, we saw tons of elephants, common zebras, Grevy’s zebras, black vervet monkeys, warthogs, rhinos, gazelles, Cape buffalo, hartebeests, reticulated giraffes, a cheetah, lions, dik diks, crowned cranes, weaver birds, and ostriches. I’m sure I’ve missed many - suffice to say, the Conservancy is teeming with wildlife!





We also got to take a tour of the organic gardens affiliated with the lodge, which provides produce for all the meals. It was very impressive! 


Next up: our walking safari.

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  1. Revanche @ A Gai Shan LifeOctober 22, 2022 at 2:07 PM

    What an amazing variety of wildlife you got to snap! Were you able to identify many of them on your own?
    Is a camel a very jostley creature to ride on?

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    1. BethhOctober 22, 2022 at 2:38 PM

      Camels are WAY uncomfortable and (since the posture is very pelvic-leaning) I don’t know how men do it at all. Our male said it was pretty bad pretty quickly.

      I did learn how to spot and distinguish some, but the antelope family were tricky (but I got pretty decent at them too).

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