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Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / May 2005Kenya - Trip Log
A huge thank you to those of you who gave me excellent advice for my Kenya trip in March. Here is an account of my two weeks in Kenya that might help others prepare for their safari adventure. http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/~pgalland/safari/kenyatrip.html >A huge thank you to those of you who gave me excellent advice for my >Kenya trip in March. Here is an account of my two weeks in Kenya that >might help others prepare for their safari adventure. > >http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/~pgalland/safari/kenyatrip.html Thank you for posting this wonderful account of your safari to Kenya! The photos are great and especially interesting to me as I know most of the places shown. I have yet to read all the text but intend to save your trip report and do so at leisure. I`m glad you enjoyed your visit to Kenya. One thing that I did notice was that there were Cans of Tusker, I spent a long time in Kenya and there weren`t any cans of drinks, all were in bottles-- so a change there. Thanks again. Pat.  SignaturePat Anderson Kenya Breweries introduced the canned Tusker in response to SA Breweries entering the Kenyan market in around November 1998 after SA Breweries started marketing canned Castle beer in East Africa. SA Breweries (now called SAB Miller) are the second largest brewing company in the world, and any organisation that takes them on head-to-head gets my vote :-) Marc >>A huge thank you to those of you who gave me excellent advice for my >>Kenya trip in March. Here is an account of my two weeks in Kenya that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Thanks again. >Pat. >Kenya Breweries introduced the canned Tusker in response to SA >Breweries entering the Kenyan market in around November 1998 after SA [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>Thanks again. >>Pat. Marc, Thanks for that, not having been to Kenya since 1999 for various reasons, I didn`t know that. I did have some Castle lager in Nairobi whilst staying with friends there. The friends actually live not far from Kenya breweries. Cans would have been handy for us years ago, we used to carry crates of Tusker and Whitecap in a Landrover along dirt roads and always had some breakage's! Pat SignaturePat Anderson What!!! You allowed the beers to break!!! Where are your priorities? :-) I've never broken a beer, but I did have an illicit bottle of gin explode in the under-seat compartment in my Landrover while at the Fish River Canyon in Namibia because of the heat :-) Personally, I think that Castle Lager is quite probably the worst beer on earth. It is instant heartburn juice, with a disgusting after-taste from the maize that they use in the brewing. Here's a tip for beer drinkers: Try the Laurentina Preta in Mozambique. (Not the usual Laurentina Clara, which is undrinkable) It's an amazingly refreshing beer which hasn't failed to surprise people who try it. Don't be fooled by the black colour, it's not a stout, it's a lager-type beer made with caramelised sugar for bulk and colour. Feeling a bit thirsty about now... Marc >Marc, >Thanks for that, not having been to Kenya since 1999 for various [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >roads and always had some breakage's! >Pat >What!!! You allowed the beers to break!!! Where are your priorities? >:-) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>roads and always had some breakage's! >>Pat Marc, I`m sure you know how it is, however, we used to stuff newspapers etc between the bottles, to stop them breaking but the road, in case you know of it, it was from Malindi to Bura, on the Tana river, via Hola and Garsen, my OM was working on an irrigation project there. When the rains came we couldn`t get any supplies due to the black cotton soil causing even 4WD`s to get stuck, so the Nairobi staff sent food by air but NO beer or gin! Somehow the contractors were persuaded to fly in a few crates and bottles. I didn`t think much of the Castle, I used to drink Tusker Export. Cheers! Pat SignaturePat Anderson Thanks for a remarkably informative account of your trip. It does show the risks of being in east Africa during the rainy season - but that also accounts for some of the lower costs. As for the rough roads - and your writings emphasize your reaction to the poor condition of the roads - maintenance usually comes after the rains have passed. But, on the very best of days, long drives on Kenyan roads are a challenge. If you do organize a family trip, I suggest late May/early June, combining Kenya and Tanzania. Great weather and off-season rates for air and land (just as you experienced in March). No nit-picking here.. but your mention of the altitude needs some correction. At no point would you have been above 10,000 feet. Or even 7000 feet. I only mention this to reassure possible travelers who might have health concerns about being so high. Looking at your itinerary, I can see that the highest points on your trip would have been around Lake Nakuru, and Sweetwaters - both are about 6000 feet, even though the landscape would not suggest that. Thanks, too, for the great variety of photographs, showing so well the places you stayed and the wildlife you saw. Ooops. I am mistaken about one point on elevation. Thompson's Falls actually IS above 7000 feet. |
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