Day 6 (Thurs, 13 July) - Masai Mara

Packed up gear and headed off to Naivasha. Jonas, the cook, came with us for some of the journey as he had to head back to Nairobi as his kids were unwell. Passed through the small Masai township as we left.

We travelled along the same bumpy roads which was fun! It was a blistering hot morning. Joshua told us the roads in the afternoon would be a lot better but he spoke too soon - they were very dusty and bumpy. At some times we couldn't see more than 10ft in front of the van!

Got to the Fish Eagle campsite and put up our tent. The campsite was very well equiped and beautifully located on the edge of the lake.

We saw some large pre-historic looking birds - they were about 4ft tall and had a wingspan of 8ft - pretty scary but we think they are harmless. Found out that they are called Maribou.

Had dinner and a couple of glasses of wine!! We then went down by the lake in search of Hippos. We didn't spot any hippos but did see a shooting star.