Lake Nakuru National Park - Day Two

Day two at Lake Nakuru (day one is below, keep scrolling down!) - and we got up in the dark, to catch the animals' morning rituals. We slowed down a little too close to a baby buffalo at one point, and mum chased us away ...

We had been driving for maybe three hours, and were keeping quiet as we crept through some acacia forest when Heather spotted the leopard above, not six feet from us. Trying to get a better photo, we made soft noises to get it to turn its head towards us, but it just got up, stretched, and strolled disdainfully across the road in front of the car, and off into the bush.

At about eleven we took a turn up a hill to a viewpoint - later, on the way to pick up our bags from the Youth Hostel, a baboon family gave us a last display.

Lake Nakuru National Park - Day One

Rebecca, Naomy, Lani and the globe-trotting four spent a night in Lake Nakuru - safaris are not so expensive if you can use your hosts car; the national parks are very cheap for Kenyans (if they can get there, and get around); and it turns out to be a pretty great activity for people with mobility impairments. There are lots of photos below, and quite a few of them are worth clicking on to see the big version. Sorry!

We'd had an early start and a long drive, so we slept for an hour before heading out to see the wildlife. True to the promise of our welcoming monkey, the place was heaving with beasts: it's a much smaller park than Tsavo East, the animals are much closer, and the vegetation was drier and easier to see through.

In the middle of Lake Nakuru National Park is ... a lake! Full of soda, you wouldn't want to swim or even paddle in it - but many flamingos do.

After this, we completed our first circuit of the lake in the increasing gloom before going to bed, dusty but happy.

Kisumu Impala Sanctuary Photos

We visited the impala sanctuary sometime between Christmas and Lani's arrival on the 7th January. Here are some photos. As usual, if you rest your mouse on one, the caption will appear; while if you want to see a big version just click on the photo you want to enlarge: a new window should open with a big pic in it.