Thursday February 16 — part 2
Daniel, Larro and I had a final game drive together tonight and it turns out that he has no incoming guests tomorrow so he is taking time off. So it was bittersweet knowing these were our last hours together. It’s always hard for me to get used to a guide and bond over shared experiences only to then have to leave them. But it goes with the territory.
We headed off on a slow drive looking for gerenuk, which we ultimately did not find (I will just have to come back!) but we had fun with some birds. If I saw one that caught my eye, Daniel would pull up their call on a birding app and the birds would be tricked into coming closer so I could get good shots.
I heard a couple of very loud cicada, which Daniel tried to find to show me, but they were really hiding in a tree. Saw a few very tiny giraffes, but no gerenuk. One interesting stop was to smell a perfume tree. Daniel pricked a branch of it with a thorn and it gave off a very pleasant gel that they use both as perfume and for medicinal purposes.
We had a sundowner at another dry river bed and headed back to camp. I bid them both goodbye and joined the Brits for dinner. Tonight was Indian style and pretty good. Dessert was a delicious brownie with cream and caramel over it. I didn’t linger long after dinner since I have to be on the road by 7 for the airstrip and my flight to the Mara. I’m all packed now and ready to roll. I cannot believe I’m on my way back!!
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