We spent 3 terrific nights at Ol Pejeta bush camp outside of Nanyuki. It was a wonderful experience of luxury camping imparted tents with a king sized bed and end suite restrooms tents which were partitioned from the main section of the tent. There was no running water though so it wasn't exactly hotel like.
During the nighttime, you get a great opportunity to hear the sounds of all the animals in the park. The owners of the camp surround it with an electrified fence but the clever buffalos manage to get through when the gate is open and stick around for their nighttime snacks. The bushes are much nicer to eat inside the camp because they actually have a chance to grow a little bit before being trampled by elephants.
During the first night of our stay, at about 2 on the morning, I heard a noise outside and could not figure out what it was. There was a knocking sound and the limbs of trees shaking like something huge was just outside the tent. After 30 of listening, I finally saw the huge buffalo move past. I was pretty petrified but did get back to sleep. Liz and I did lose some sleep over the ordeal.
The next night he visited again, this time at about 4 am. I was much more relaxed because I knew that the knocking sound was just him ripping grass out of the ground and that I knew he was not going to come into our tent. Liz and I woke up, saw the huge thing outside the mesh screen about 6 feet away, and went back to sleep.
On the third night, our buddy came to visit us close to dawn and even was there after we got up. Liz didn't even wake up for him and I barely looked outside. The staff chased the buffalos away after breakfast. They told us that you have to watch out for the buffalos during the day but that at nighttime they are completely friendly.
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