Friday, May 3, 2013

Mount Kenya Safari Club - August 28-31


The last few days of our trip was spent at Mount Kenya Safari Club.  We knew as soon as we arrived that we were in paradise.   In fact, as soon as we stepped foot onto the grounds, Milca and I decided to extend our visit there by a couple of days.

Mount Kenya Safari Club had a spectacular view of Mount Kenya but you only had the morning to gaze at the beautiful scenery because the clouds would roll in like clock work everyday after right after lunch.  The grounds were impeccable and the animal orphanage just couldn't be beat.  We spent one afternoon wandering around the animal orphanage.  The animals were incredible and we loved being able to hold and pet some of them. Yes, there was lots of shrieking and laughter!  Speedy, the 135 year old land tortoise, basically runs the place but the cute little monkeys try hard to steal the show.  The Zorse (mix of a zebra and a horse) was pretty cool too.  We were basically blown away by everything we saw.

One our favorite features of the hotel rooms was that you heat your room by using a real wood burning fireplace.  You could call the front desk anytime during your stay and they would come and build a fire for you.  It was magical...or maybe not so magical when you come back from dinner and your room is filled with smoke.  We’re still not quite sure what happened but when Sonia and Juancho came back to their room after dinner their entire room was smoky.  Luckily nothing was on fire....but it was a little nerve wracking knowing that you were sleeping in rooms that didn’t have fire alarms.  First world problems, I guess!




















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