Comments on: Porini Camp Amboseli - Selenkay Conservation Area http://blog.africasky.co.uk/103/porini-camp-amboseli-selenkay-conservation-area/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Robyn Grieves-Cook http://blog.africasky.co.uk/103/porini-camp-amboseli-selenkay-conservation-area/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Robyn Grieves-Cook Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:48:05 +0000 http://blog.africasky.co.uk/?p=103#comment-6 I flew down from Nairobi to Amboseli, an early start but well worth it as the road between Nairobi & Amboseli is currently under contruction & is pretty awful - the journey by road is now 5hrs and full of bumps & dust. I would highly recommend the flight down & back. You arrive into Amboseli at 0900 and have the full day game driving in the park. Amboseli is absolutely teaming with game, within 5 minutes we came across a large herd of elephants with babies sleeping on the ground while the adults protected them. A lovely sight! On the second morning at the camp we went on a walk, guided by the Maasai. It is so nice to be able to walk within the conservancy, after all the large meals and bumping around, it is such a treat to be able to stretch your legs & have some exercise. We walked up a hill, although it was not too strenuous and at the top had the most fantastic view. Unfortunately Kilimanjaro wasn’t out but if it was, the view would have been absolutely magnificent. A highlight of my two night stay, was enjoying a sundowner on the final night. After the sun had set & a few drinks & stories had gone down, we packed up & drove a couple of hundred metres to the water hole and came across 2 female lions. They were very shy and ran off into the night, but what an exciting sight. I then returned to Nairobi the following day and had a message from the Harry, the head guide at the camp to advise us that a set of lion cubs had been born in the conservancy!! I flew down from Nairobi to Amboseli, an early start but well worth it as the road between Nairobi & Amboseli is currently under contruction & is pretty awful - the journey by road is now 5hrs and full of bumps & dust. I would highly recommend the flight down & back. You arrive into Amboseli at 0900 and have the full day game driving in the park. Amboseli is absolutely teaming with game, within 5 minutes we came across a large herd of elephants with babies sleeping on the ground while the adults protected them. A lovely sight!

On the second morning at the camp we went on a walk, guided by the Maasai. It is so nice to be able to walk within the conservancy, after all the large meals and bumping around, it is such a treat to be able to stretch your legs & have some exercise. We walked up a hill, although it was not too strenuous and at the top had the most fantastic view. Unfortunately Kilimanjaro wasn’t out but if it was, the view would have been absolutely magnificent.

A highlight of my two night stay, was enjoying a sundowner on the final night. After the sun had set & a few drinks & stories had gone down, we packed up & drove a couple of hundred metres to the water hole and came across 2 female lions. They were very shy and ran off into the night, but what an exciting sight. I then returned to Nairobi the following day and had a message from the Harry, the head guide at the camp to advise us that a set of lion cubs had been born in the conservancy!!

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