Kenya - Masai Mara

After another fabulous nights sleep last night in our hotel bed we woke and finished packing ready to board the new truck with the new crew bound for the Masai Mara.

The drive was fairly uneventful for most of the way, we stopped at an amazing supermarket to stock up on snacks and some things for the orphanage we are going to visit in a few days and then played cards. We also stopped off at the view point for the Panoramic view of the Kenyan section of The Great Rift Valley which extends from Mozambique to Israel.

Once we reached the Masai Mara the roads deteriorated quite considerably and we could see that they have had a fair bit of rain in the last few weeks... which we had read about in the newspaper in Arusha. We were going along quite well until around 4pm we went of the side of the muddy road and into a deep mud sludgy gutter. We all exited the truck and stood in the cold drizzling rain watching our crew and a few of the boys trying to work out a way to get the truck out.  As the sun was going down the crew realised there was no way we were getting out of it without help and we were picked up in batches by 4wd’s and transported to Acacia Camp where we would spend the next 2 nights. We were all very thankful that Acacia Camp was a tented camp which meant that we didn’t have to set up our tents in the rain and the dark. And, considering the tents were on the truck which was still stuck this would have been very difficult.  Some of the boys returned to the truck and retrieved our packs out of the truck so we had gear which we were very thankful for and our cook managed to whip us up Spaghetti Bolognese so at least we got dinner... even if it was around 10pm by the time this all happened. 

Our eventful day finally came to an end when we climbed into bed around 11pm thankful to be dry and warm once again.  Our poor driver and guide had to spend the night with the truck.