The GPS road tracklog
from Meru NP to Samburu NR
from 2019/04/22 au 2019/04/23
Samburu National Reserve, at the Archers Post Ranger Station
Monday the 22nd I left the Bwatherongi public campsite without regret
because in the morning there is no water to take a shower. On the way I
stopped in Isolo to publish the weekly pages of my website. I settled
close to a pylon of telecommunications, alas I had neither connection
3/4G for the Smartphone nor Wi-Fi connection for the router.
Disappointed I left for Samburu NR,
here, on the way the Smartphone found a connection to send a message
to my family. I arrived at Samburu Archers Post Ranger Station around
17:15. It was too late to enter the park due to the highest price for
foreigners. I asked for the authorization of bivouac in front of the
gate. The ranger authorized me to enter and to bivouac in the secure
enclosure of the park, I thanked it cordially. At 853 m the temperature
was of 37°C at 19:00.
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| At the Archers Post Ranger Station |
The GPS road tracklog
Samburu NR
from 2019/04/23 to 2019/04/23
Samburu NR, Camels Gate Lodge
Tuesday, April 23 after the entrance formalities I left on a tour into
the park and its animals; of course without road map because it is
painted on the wall. On the way I noted that there were numbered road
signs but not being reproduced on the mural map! I observed the
blue-legged Somali ostrich, endangered Grevy's zebra, beisa oryx and
reticulated giraffe. I have the privilege to see a horde of more than
twenty elephants to the tail-the-leu framing their offspring while going
towards Ewaso Ngiro River. For the lunch pause I settled with what was
to be my bivouac; the site overhangs the river, but the installations,
dirty toilets and showers without apple-of-showers, encouraged me not to
use it. The afternoon I continued my exploration of the park; but the
heat was too intense for animals and I. I left the park to install me in
Camels' Gate Lodge; clean but the site of bivouac is small and showers
is in the bungalow of the owner! (speaking some French words having
worked in Montreal, Canada).
click on the pic for opening the gallery
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| Camels' Gate Lodge |
The GPS road tracklog
from Samburu NR, Camels' Gate Lodge to Castle Forest Lodge
dfrom 2019/04/24 to 2019/04/25
Castle Forest Lodge
Wednesday, April 24 I moved towards Meru - for supply in diesel and
food, then towards Castle Forest Lodge where I spent two nights at 2072m
at the bottom of Mont Kenya. The site is dramatic and the sanitary
facilities are clean but rudimentary. I had chosen this spot for it
situation in altitude to have rest after the heat.
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| Chauffe-eau, Water-heater |
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The GPS road tracklog
from Castle Forest Lodge to Bolloré puis JJ's
from 2019/04/26 to 2019/05/01
Nairobi, from Bolloré to Jungle Junction Camping
Friday, April 26 I left the mountain pasture of Castle Forest Lodge for
Nairobi where I had an appointment at Bolloré Logistics to finalize the
shipping of my truck from Mombasa to Fos-sur-Mer , France. I installed
my bivouac at the Jungle Junction Camping for six days to regulate the
details with Bolloré as well as with the AA of Kenya and the AA of
France for the extension of the validity of the carnet de passage en
douane until May 20th.
