Yes it’s true we missed our first day of our long awaited African Safari after we were screwed around by Kumuka and Best Flights- buyer beware! As a result of our tour having left early we decided to go out for dinner in Nairobi to the world famous Carnivore. Up until two years ago they supplied game meat including giraffe, antelope, african buffalo and zebra. The menu has changed slightly since then with chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, ostrich balls, chicken gizzards, crocodile and chicken liver now on the menu. With an all you can eat philosophy and a whit flag to signal your surrender we got stuck in. While we made a valiant attempt to eat as much as possible Sahra let the team down as we gave up quite early due in part to her sweet tooth. Sahra’s favourite was the honey basted ribs- while I really enjoyed the chicken gizzards.
Carnivore is an institution in Kenya- recommended by Lonely Planet and in the top 50 restaurants in the world. While ‘probably the best…… in Africa’ is a commonly used phrase- in this case I have to agree. There were an abundance of staff who delivered the meat fresh to your table- I should also mention that we enjoyed our first alcohol since departing the fine shores of Australia- Tusker- Not a bad drop.
At 6.30 am our taxi driver picked us up and took us on the journey back to Naivasha to meet up with the tour (which ironically we drove past yesterday on our way to Nairobi). Meeting the people on the tour for the first time was daunting but they all seem really nice. Some have been traveling through Africa for the past two weeks spending the majority of their time in Uganda doing the Gorilla trek.
Our first stop was Masai Lands where we camped overnight. Our first day was a six hour long haul drive which despite the cramped nature of the vehicle was enjoyable. The countryside was beautiful and seeing the small communities which dotted the sides of the roads was nice. Sahra didn’t get sick so all in all a good start.
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