Tsavo

A few weeks ago a few friends and I went to Tsavo for the weekend. It's about halfway to Mombasa and famous for elephants, as well as the orangey soil.

Despite seeing crocodiles in January I have still been rather obsessed with them and still so keen to see them in the wild. So, got rather excited when saw this sign:

Hopefully!!

The park is beautiful. Very dry and hot, but there was a gorgeous oasis like area, called Mzima springs which really was stunning and in total contrast to the rest of the park.

It was here that I had my first croc in the wild sighting!! Woo!!! We saw one on the ground and another in the water. There were so many hippos around too, the water was rarely smooth and still!

There was a lil gazebo area set into the water which was quite cool. We went down into it and it was kinda like going snorkeling but without getting wet! 

Debs enjoying the fish who were obsessed with coming close to her window

It had been months since my last safari, so was fun to go and spot animals again, as well as enjoying sundowners and general safari fun! I did find the early game drives a bit much at times though as do still get quite tired. At one point I happily settled down for a snooze in the car and just asked to be woken up if anyone saw a leopard!

We had rented a house inside the park. It was lovely, very spacious, with gorgeous views. I took this photo late on Saturday afternoon from our veranda. About nine in the evening we were inside playing games when Becca noticed that there was a herd of elephants walking by! They came to about 15m from our veranda, it was such a beautiful sight.