Poli, poli, say the guides, constantly, slowly, slowly, you can make it to the top if you climb slowly and let your body adjust without excessive demands. It’s a six day walk up, and a one day, rapid descent.
School children are always ready to show their smiles and enthusiasm for visitors
This young Maasai mother of three, two of who can walk, and an infant in her arms, still fulfils the traditional woman’s duties of gathering wood and water
There is nothing quite so “thrilling” as the sound of a deep throated growl and roar of a lion in the night, when there are only tent walls between you and the beasts