A typical day at Ol Donyo Wuas.
You are accompanied by our local guides on all activities and they impart plenty of knowledge
about the area's flora and fauna, history and culture and much more.
- You are woken with a cup of tea or coffee, and as
the early morning sun glistens on the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro you
head out either on horseback, on foot or in one of our specially converted
open top Land Rovers to view the wildlife.
- This is generally the best time of day for game viewing; oryx, gazelle, gerenuk,
zebra, eland, giraffe and wildebeest roam the grassy plains, always
on the lookout for cheetah and lion.
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- Either enjoy a bush breakfast with a leisurely walk, ride or drive back to the lodge, or breakfast at the lodge, having perhaps visited a local Maasai
manyatta (village). Lunch around the swimming pool or a picnic up in the hills.
- After tea, either driving, walking or horseriding out on the plains, this is the perfect time for observing predators in action, and as
the sun slips over the horizon we find a suitable spot to reminisce
on the day with a sundowner.
- Back at the lodge after a hot shower and a candlelit three-course dinner, relax with a sky full of stars,
the ever-present sounds of the African night, maybe a lion roaring, a hyena laughing or an elephant rumbling, as the animals keep track of each
other, further enhancing this magical wilderness environment.
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Helen Fielding, Conde Nast Traveller: "To
me this is the best of the African experience: flat topped thorn trees
silhouetted against huge, yawning, reddening skies, the sense of
vast, open, throbbing earthy emptiness, there you come to understand
the value of being rather than having. But darlings, it's so much
easier to do it over a chilled bottle of white wine when your staying
in a luxury tented camp." |
