Giraffes! On the way, our Tour Director, Wallace, asked me what my favourite animal was to see in Africa and I told him giraffes. (Although since spending time in Africa, I’ve kinda changed my mind, more about that later !) So imagine my surprise when our room was at the bottom of a hill at the resort and facing the area where the giraffes hung out! I was very excited………….at first. Our resort was the Aberdare Country Club.
Our first stop (other than Nairobi of course) 
The road to the Lodge 
Look who we saw! As well as gazelles and other animals alongside the road 
One view of the Lodge
It was a nice resort, a little run down, but still beautiful. They had nothing planned for us so it was a down day for us all, even though we just started our tour. We had a great little cottage at the bottom of the hill, it would be to the left of the resort in above photo, lots of stairs to go down.
Our room with a deck that we sat on 
Our room and right outside the window were the giraffes 
Another view of the Lodge 
Outside dining area
The food was pretty good and we spent the rest of the day wandering the resort and getting to know the other travelers.
The Lodge and our cottage is to the right 
Dirt road we started to walk down 
Squirrel ! 
Mom and baby
Lots of wildlife on the property.
The 4 Amigos 
They were always in the same spot 
Another part of the Lodge, beautiful flowers 
Taken from the Lodge and you can see the giraffes at the bottom of the hill 
Handsome ! He was always hanging around with his harem
I have one more post on this resort with the big giraffe story and then we head out to go Shaba National Reserve…………
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