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After 17 hours of travel, we have arrived in Kenya!
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1st beers (Tusker!) in Kenya, at our hotel in Nairobi
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The Fairview Hotel
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The Fairview Hotel
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Beyond excited! Visiting David Sheldrick in Nairobi, an organization we support that hand-rears orphaned baby elephants for re-integration in the wild. 1 of our 2 fostered elephants currently lives there.
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We brought a box of supplies for them, and therefore were able to enter the visiting area before the large crowd. We enjoyed watching them set up the (huge) bottles for the babies.
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Our first glance of the babies coming in from a walk in the bush to the visiting area.
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The babies being fed their milk
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One of our fostered elephants, Naipoki, who loved having her little trunk around people
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Naipoki with a friend
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The elephants playing with one another
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The "older" ones could feed themselves - impressive!
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Enjoying the mudbaths
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Went back for a 2nd visit later in the day, which is reserved just for the Foster Parents. Here they are coming in from a walk to their night feeding and bed time.
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Naipoki in her stockade
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Like a true child, she needed her sleep after the feeding and immediately laid down for bedtime. I mean, does it get any sweeter?
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Visiting the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, a non-profit org that was created to save the last of the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. Guests can get up close and feed them in their own environment.
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Giraffe Centre
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Giraffe Centre
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Giraffe Centre
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Lunch & beers. What you can't see is the tree of monkey's right next to our table!
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Enjoying another Tusker
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Visiting a local African Dance Theatre
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Visiting a local African Dance Theatre
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Lots of school children were on field trips to the dance center as well
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Completed our weekend in Nairobi, and now it was time to travel down to Tanzania...via bus!
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Being adventurous and taking the bus from Kenya to Tanzania
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Was about a 4 hour trip, with 1 hour spent at the border
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Crossing the border to Tanzania! Here we would have to get a Visa for entry as well.
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Arrived safely to Arusha and checked in to the Ilboru Safari Lodge, where we'd spend 1 night before leaving for safari the next morning
