We were picked up by our guide, Dickson, who drove us to our lodge just over twenty kilometres away. During the drive the first thing we noticed was the thousands of termite mounds, most ranging in height from two to four feet.
We are staying at the Mara Engai Lodge, located one thousand metres above the savanna on the top of an escarpment. It is located in the Mara Triangle, the north western part of the reserve.
On arrival we went straight to the restaurant for lunch. It is pretty big and located in the main building that also has the reception area, a bar, and a lounge. On one side there is a huge curved wall of floor to ceiling windows with a deck and further seating outside. The view is fantastic overlooking the savanna below.
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Each menu for lunch and dinner has two choices of entree, four choices of main (including two vegetarian), and two choices of dessert, one of which is always is fresh fruit slices.
We had the soup, pork chop, lamb skewers and beetroot flan.
The soup and pork were really nice but the lamb was a bit tough. The flan was pretty good.
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