Kenya: Part 4 (Sweetwaters)

Part 1: Amboseli
Part 2: Lake Nakuru
Part 3: The Ark

Sweetwaters Game Reserve originally occupied a portion of Ol Pejeta ranch vast territory, but has since expanded to become Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a privately owned wild life sanctuary. There is still some cattle ranching being done but primarily it's an animal preserve. It features, aside from all the great game roaming the 90,000 acre territory, a waterhole within direct view of the dining hall and some of the better situated tents of Sweetwaters Tented Camp, where we stayed; chimpanzee sanctuary; mansion built by one of the previous owners and a notorious arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, which we still haven't seen after two visits to the place; four out of the practically extinct population of the northern white rhinos; and great views of Mount Kenya.



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To be continued ...