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Elewana<br />
LOISABA<br />
LODO<br />
SPRINGS<br />
A family drives down to Lodo Springs,<br />
Elewana’s latest addition to the wildlife-rich<br />
Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia.<br />
TEXT AMI DOSHI SHAH<br />
Road-tripping in Kenya can be exhilarating but<br />
also occasionally grueling. Our recent family<br />
expedition to Elewana’s new addition to Loisaba<br />
Conservancy in Laikipia was a perfect example.<br />
With Nairobi behind us, what followed was<br />
three and a half hours of barrelling through<br />
eaten, potholed tarmac and mucky murram,<br />
coupled with momentary stops waiting for herds<br />
of nonchalant cattle and rambunctious goats<br />
to cross the road. Then, an hour and a half of going around in<br />
circles in the conservancy having followed the wrong Google<br />
Map pin. All this, during some of the heaviest rains Kenya<br />
has encountered in decades. Needless to say, by the time we<br />
reached Lodo Springs, tempers were frayed.<br />
We were warmly welcomed by the camp manager who must<br />
have thought we were nuts for deciding to drive, and ushered<br />
down into the property that sits perched atop an escarpment<br />
with breathtaking views of the plains leading to Mt Kenya. Due<br />
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