Flirting with Kenya

Vince and I are in Kenya and Ric is in Tanzania

Our originally conceived self-drive road trip itinerary began in Kenya. We were planning to rent our 4X4 in Nairobi and drive to Amboseli National Park which, along with magnificent game, has the best views of Mount Kilimanjaro from the ground. From there we would drive to the Masai Mara and then cross the border into the Serengeti in Tanzania for the second part of the trip.

looking into Kenya from the border mark

But then just as we were finalizing the booking with our travel consultant Tracy came the news of the anti-Christian pogrom in northern Kenya. 147 Christians murdered by the Islamist group al-Shabaab. We are Christians and we would be driving alone on desolate roads in Kenya. We decided traveling in Kenya would be too risky. So we changed our plans and settled on an all-Tanzania trip. Not much of a settlement really. Tanzania was awesome. We saw the Great Wildebeest Migration including six river crossings and we did get to see Kili from both the ground and the sky.

But while on a game drive in the northern Serengeti we did manage to "step" into Kenya after all. No visa required.