We had another amazing day here at Ol Jogi. As its a Saturday, johnny had half the day off, so we headed out on a game drive in the afternoon, to see some game, visit the orphanage (animals) and climb up to the top of the world in the car.
It had rained in the morning, so the reserve was looking a lot more lush, and we therefore saw a whole heap of game, including hundreds of giraffe, elephant close by, hippo, zebra, and the usual grant etc. It was a rather long drove to the other side of the reserve to the orphanage, where they had a lion, two leopards, cheetah, wild dog, toucan, crane, hippo, camel, toucan, owls, loads of different exotic birds, and also a brown bear! Was bazaar to see a brown bear in Kenya, but there was one there! It was an awesome place, with so much wildlife on show. The idea of the orphanage is to rehabilitate the animals, with the aim of setting them free in the future (except for of course, the brown bear!).
Having seen hundreds of animals at the orphanage, we then went to see Alfie the blind rhino, who is a black rhino who was blinded at a young age, and brought in to be looked after. He has his own enclosure in the middle of nowhere, to prevent poachers from getting to him. It was an incredible experience, as I was able to almost lie on top of him, and get real close to him. They also have the most amazingly tough skin,and a beautiful horn. No wonder rhino are poached! I joke, of course. But it was a fascinating experience.
We then headed back to the car and drove up to the tallest hill on Ol Jogi, called the top of the world, and I found out why. It was an incredible view of Ol Jogi, and the surrounding ranches, and a great place to just stand and contemplate...gosh, I really am finding myself on my gap yeah! It also made for a great photo! The way down was interesting to say the least, as we decided to take a different route down, with turned out to be at 60 degrees and only large rocks for a road. We finally made it, with two terrified children.
We then went to see two baby cheetah in a secret location, who had been rescued when they were tiny tiny, and brought to Ol Jogi to be looked after. However, no one is able to see therm, other their feeder, as they're very keen to release them both into the wild as wild as possible, so it was very naughty of us to go and visit. Nonetheless, they were very adorable and fluffy, even if they did growl at me!
However, the fun wasn't over yet! We then went to see a family of three elephants, which you're able to touch and get up close to. It was amazing to get so close up to such huge animals, the male being double the height of me!
We then headed back home after a long, but incredible afternoon, having felt a black rhino, 3 elephant, and a cockatoo. Just another day in Ol Jogi!
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