Home to Elsa. Lake Naivasha.

Remember Elsa of Born Free? Made famous by George and Joy Adamson by their book, Elsa was the story of an orphaned lion cub, rescued, nurtured and later released into the wild. Born Free wasn’t just a fantastic story of a lion cub, but possibly the first-ever published real-life story of what compassion between man and the wild can be like. Once you arrive in Lake Naivasha, your childhood memory of Elsa on the big screen would surely drive you to Elsamere, the home of George and Joy Adamson.

The cottage they lived in, on the banks of the serene Lake Naivasha, with serene surroundings, would transport you to a world where there’s so much quiet. Its a lovely retreat. A few glimpses…

    Written by Gargee Ghose
    The Writer

    A traveller through many a season
    Have traversed roads, seen the close, the distant horizon
    Some tucked-away dreams are my treasures
    I delve into this trove when in distress or despair.
    Don’t you too have a much-cherished list of “one-day-if”s
    That distant dream, often far, but at times so within reach?
    And then the day breaks and with it my fairy tale
    Leaving behind the lovely feel of its happy trail.

    This space is for those like me, so much yet unaccomplished,
    To pen down some “what-if”s, those crazy wishes, some distant dreams.
    Let our bedouin minds wander off all limitations
    And the rush of the mountain stream wash away our inhibitions.

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