Safari - Nanyuki

About a month ago, we had a long weekend, so Paul, Dalina, Wendy, Jessie and I decided to go on a small trip past the equator and to a tented camp. A few hours outside of Nairobi, we reached the equator. We were the only tourists there, so all the people selling souvenirs were asking us to “promote” them by buying things. We never bought anything, but took pictures and kept driving to the camp.

We stayed at Sweet Waters Tented Camp. It is actually right on the equator. Our tents looked out onto a watering hole for the animals. It was really cool. You could see all sorts of animals coming to the hole to get water. Plus Mount Kenya was also in the background. It made for a very relaxing and pretty time at the camp. We went on a few game drives with Paul as our guide. Paul is a middle school science teacher, and he has grown up in Africa, so he is very knowledgeable about the wildlife that we saw. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any lions, but we saw many other animals. Jane Goodall has some of her gorillas at park, so we also got to see them as well. Although the sign near the electrical fence said to stay back, the guard allowed Paul and me to get close-up pictures. Rules are always bent in Africa sometimes that works to your advantage. We also got to see hippos and to touch a real live rhino.

A short testimony – one of the park rangers took us to see the gorillas. We first saw the older gorillas and then we had to walk a little ways to see the baby gorillas. I stayed ahead with the ranger and we were talking. Come to find out, he is a Masai and he is married with some children. Masai are known for having multiple wives, but this one didn’t. Once we got back to the car, I told the ranger the few words that I know in Kimasai (the language of the Masai). One of my phrases that I know is “Jesus is Lord”. The ranger asked me if I was a Christian and I said I was. He is also. It was a good meeting and it is always cool to see how God works and brings us in contact with other believers.

The view from our tent

The watering hole

Mt. Kenya