Our final game drive on Lewa was not without excitement nor humour. An elephant actually put her trunk on the bonnet of the car to the point that I could have stretched out and touched it in front of me through the open window. That was the excitement, the humour was Tom’s comment. ‘That elephant has ‘moobs’ (man boobs!)’. Of course it was actually a female but we all rolled around hysterically laughing as Tom realised his mistake.

We had not done any exercise for a few days so a walk was the first item on the agenda as we arrived at Loisaba. This private wilderness allows for all sorts of ‘out of the vehicle’ activities and our walk across the open plains was the best way to stretch out the legs. As Pocket, our Samburu guide, drove the car to the meeting point we strolled across through the golden grass covered savannah, with zebra, oryx and hartebeest in every direction. Just on the small game drive into the lodge we came across herds of elephants and journeys of giraffe.