This is where the other half lives.
We’re staying at a boutique hotel called Safari House, and,
as the name implies, most of the guests here are either coming from a safari or
heading out that way.
The Safari House is located on a large estate, about 15 km from Usa River (pronounce oo-sa), along a very stony hard dusty road which can be travelled at no more than 30 kmh! Pole pole. Slowly. Slowly. We’re usually exhausted by the time we return from town and enjoy a refreshing splash in the pool.
The room is very spacious and comfortable. Breakfast included everything: fruit, granola, toast, pancakes, sausages, bacon and eggs (to order). Dinner is always a delicious full three-course European meal. We’ve been here so long we’ve been through the menu rotation more than twice!
The hotel is near a golf course and polo club, two sports we
don’t do, but we decided to check out the venues. This is where the other half plays.
At the golf course we walked around a bit. It isn’t every day you see a gazelle posing at the 10th hole! Or a flock of guinea fowl racing around on the greens. There was a ladies open tournament taking place so the clubhouse was buzzing with people. We sat down for a bbq chicken meal while watching the sun disappear.
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| view from the 18th hole |
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| Cutlery is over-rated, use your fingers for the coleslaw too. |
The polo club was a beautiful setting for a sundowner, as they call it, and to get glimpses of Mt Kilimanjaro. That, and watch some polo while gazelles were running across the field avoiding the giant horses thundering past. What a sight!
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| They also were playing field hockey. |
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| the best pizza ever |
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| ah, this is the life. |
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| if you look closely, you will see Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance |
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| those are gazelles making a dash for it in the foreground |
We really enjoyed being at Safari House, in the quiet
countryside, a world away from the people we were meeting at Naioth.
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