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NAIROBI — Off to Africa
to see the animals, discover
Nairobi abounds in Cana-

dian soldiers using the city
as a Staging post
Somalia.

David
Wishart

for

TRAVEL TIPS

"We give a Canadian medic a

ride in from the airport; his name
is Champion Butler, a true char-
acter.

To the Norfolk Hotel,
known as the House of
because of the British aristocrats
who passed through, now sporting
more’ maple leaf badges than
Mogambo hats.

An 11-hour time change is hard
to handle, but it’s helped by the
sunshine and bracing altitude
(5,500 feet) of. Nairobi, not to
mention 18 of Africa’s best at
Muthaiga Golf Club.

Micato Safaris has us on our
way early the next morning to the
airport for a 40-minute Twin Ot-
ter flight to Amboseli National

_ Park.

“We stay at a ‘comfortable lodge
for two nights, roaming the range
by*day in .a van with a. pop-up
roof, °

We encounter herds of
elephants at extremely close range;

once

they brush past our vehicle as if

we did‘ not
photographers
wide-angle lenses.
Unfortunately there has been a
lot of rain and many animals have
moved to higher ground, but we
are. consoled with a break in the
-glouds around Africa’s highest

exist, sending
fumbling for

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south,

It’s worth the trip just to sec
the magnificent snowy peak of
Kibo (19,340 feet).

But the next two nights at the
Mara Safari Club are better still.

Here we have luxurious tents in
a guarded compound on a bend of
the Mara River.

Hippos grunt by day and lions
prowl around at night.

We see lots of big cats on a
game drive, including a cheetah,
as well as giraffe, impala, lively
little gazelles and many birds.

Our Micato guide Charles has
the eyes of an eagle and we get a
close look at the animal kingdom.

Both animals and troops

spotted on African safari

Yes, there are other vehicles
about, but the animals are never
crowded; people are quiet; there is
harmony.

Days are rounded off with a dip
in the pool, showers in our ensuite
tents, drinks in front of a !og fire,
good food and Maasai dancers.

There’s a morning jaunt by air
to Lake Victoria where we fish for
Nile perch; my Tilley hat keeps
off the scorching equatorial sun.

Then back through Nairobi to
the Aberdare range (7,500 feet),
scene of White Mischief (book
and film equally good) before the
Second World War.

All very tame these days and

See Hotels page 28

Photo David Wishart

HALT! ELEPHANTS crossing. Anyone who chooses a vacation
adventure of an African safari should remember that the locals

always have the right of way.

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