Kenya Safari by the numbers

It is always interesting to reflect on an event via the numbers since we rarely are aware of some significant numbers while we are in the moment.

Five of us, plus Aaron our guide and naturalist and Lawrence, our driver, were together for a total of 11 days in sometimes rather chummy conditions as we traveled throughout Kenya.  We established an amazing rhythm early in our journey.  We all sat in the same safari van seats, always entered and exited in the same order.  As the week progressed, we even could shorten the process as we became one fluid movement.  We can be proud of our sense of time as we all wanted to be earlier rather than late.

We traveled nearly  3, 000 KM over the course of our journey.  We consumed in excess of 3 cases of bottled water as using tap water is never an option while on safari. We saw at lest  41 different animals and way too many birds to count. 

We saw for sure FOUR of the BIG FIVE with a possible leopard sighting at the Mt. Kenya Lodge.  We visited  6 parks or preserves, each with a unique aspect of the amazing Kenyan wildlife experience. We enjoyed at least  42 hours of game drives with 33 subsequent " lunch and learn " sessions with Aaron, our guide and friend.  We mention this because in 2 times  we have been on safari in Kenya, we have yet to see another guide eating with and teaching his clients.  This is valuable beyond measure.  Often I would comment that he could qualify his tour as a ROAD SCHOLAR  tour.  We learned so much it was often hard to assimilate it all. We saw 10 sunrises and 10 sunsets,  each one more beautiful than a previous one.  We shared a few with you on earlier blog posts.

The numbers will never ever tell the entire story of our amazing journey through Kenya.  Again, we repeat the saying, " If you have ever been to Kenya, no words are necessary to share the experience. And if you haven't been, there aren't words available to possibly tell you how we feel after our visit."

If you ever think you might want to take a journey through the amazing country called KENYA, please call on us to refer you to TROPICAL WOODS ADVENTURES as we can attest to the quality, the value and the ability to exceed all your expectations.