Lodge  Entrance ... our cabin was just on the other side of that fireplace

Lodge  Living Room  &  Bar Area

Our Sitting Room.

When we returned from dinner ...

the fire would be lit ..

and a decanter of Brandy would be waiting.

Bedroom

Complete with electric blanket.

Both the bedroom   AND  the bathroom had balconies overlooking the Crater

Oh Yeah  !!!   This was nice.

See  ?    I  TOLD  you there were rose petals  !!

I took this photo from the tub.   Lord ... but being pampered is nice  !!

6  AM

and the Crater is pure magic

Wall to Wall  Wildebeests

It  was  a  bit  early  for this  girl

White-bellied  Bustard

Sacred  Ibis  .... This was the bird the Egyptians have carved in their tombs.

However there aren't many  ( if any ) left in Egypt. 

 They all seem to be in other parts of Africa.

Spotted  Hyena  Den

Spotted  Hyena

Cape  Buffalo

Yellow  Fever  Tree  ... people used to think that sleeping under this tree would give you Yellow Fever.

(of course  we know it was the mosquitoes that hung out there

Leopard

Breakfast  In  The  Crater

This guy decided to send  wifey-poo 

to the grocery store

We followed  her progress for almost an hour  before she finally got what she was looking for.

She was a real picky shopper, too.

She even checked us out for a bit.

At  Last  !!

Black-backed  Jackal

Silver-backed  Jackal

Wildebeests

Ostrich

Hippo

Cheetah

Baboon

THIS part was so not fun  !!

Nearing the main gate ... at last. 

 Could have used this wider portion of the road, farther up the mountain though.

The landscape here is quite diverse

Elephant

Thompson  Gazelle

Grant's  Gazelle

Bat-eared  Fox

The  "MAIN  TERMINAL "

Airport  Gift  Shop

Native Huts 

Great  Rift  Valley