Mt Lodge

We are now on the outskirts of Arusha. The owners here are great friends of Sues. It was good to relax for 2 nights at this magnificent forest Mt Lodge with its huge established trees. The indigenous trees are the home to families of the black and white Colobus and smaller Sykes monkeys. They had a beautiful spring with a huge pond, pool and croquet lawn.  The owner gave us a tour of the grounds and talked about the history, how they brought it back to life and what they do there now. 

Part of the lovely grounds

Rosemary David & Sue off for a trek.

There were 3 horses in the stable available for a horse trek through the village. The rest of us had a guided walk through the little country village. 

We meandered our way along the rough dusty tracks seeing the villagers out doing their daily chores. Women everywhere with their buckets of water hand washing, 

By 11.30am the little ones have finished their school day and walking home.

Others sitting outside their door on a treadle sewing machine making clothes for sale.

After lunch we had the afternoon to ourselves and did very little. We could get a tiny glimpse of Mt Kilimanjaro from the Lodge.

Cup of tea by the fire before retiring for the day.