Sunday - Last day of Safari and Nairobi

Sunday morning we were instructed to be up for a cup of tea or coffee and then in the vans before the sun rose. We headed out to the park and were among the zebras and wildebeest when the sun peaked over the mountains. Absolutely one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. 

The sun was up when we found a lioness feasting on her latest kill, a wildebeest. She was absolutely content to let us watch her and take pictures. When she was full she got up and wandered off as if we weren’t even there. 

We saw all our favorites one more time: lion, zebras, elephants, and giraffes before we headed back to camp for a full breakfast, shower, and packed up. We were back in the vans to tackle that awful two-hour stretch of road once again. When we finally cleared the gravel and were lifted onto pavement we broke out in cheers! We still had a two hour drive to get back to the same hostel we had stayed at Thursday night in Nairobi. When we finally made it there, most of us took a short nap since we had been up since 5:30 am and then got ready for our dinner reservations. That evening we ate at the world renown best restaurant in Kenya, “Carnivore”. We were all really excited to have some real meat after all the noodles, rice, and bread we had been eating since we arrived in Kenya.

            The restaurant was all you can eat, and as we walk in the door, we see a huge fire pit with tens of swords with huge slabs of meat cooking over the fire. We sat down and ordered a drink before we were served, bread, mini corncobs, and mini pizza as an appetizer. Then the salad showed up. Then rotating trays of special dipping sauces and salsas. Then the real fun began. The waiters flooded our table carrying swords of huge chunks of meat. They would set the tip of the sword on your plate and use their machete to slice you a section. We were served, pork sausages, roast beef, lamb, pork loin, pork ribs, crocodile, prime rib, ostrich meat, fried chicken, ox testicles (yes, I tried them), ostrich meatballs, chicken wings, and turkey. Since the meal was all you can eat, the rounds kept coming. I had had all I could take. There was a white flag on the table and when no one could eat any thing else, we waved the white flag in surrender. They cleared our plates and brought us the dessert menu. I topped off the night with a wonderful piece of cheesecake covered in passion fruit sauce. DELICIOUS. 

The circle fire pit where all the meat is cooked

            We headed back to our hostel and once again sat around the fire pit in the bar playing cards and talking. It was a great ending to an amazing safari.