Saturday, October 27, 2012

Lake Nakuru National Park - safari day #1

Mid-term break for all the kids meant that we went on our first trip outside Nairobi. 

We booked ourselves in for a 3 day safari.

Day #1 was Nairobi - Nakuru & tour round Lake Nakuru National Park...

We stopped on the way down into the Rift Valley & had a quick look at some of the curio shops there.








We got back in the car & got to the bottom of the valley & wasn't long before there were zebras on the roadside!





We got to our hotel in Nakuru, had lunch & then got back in the van for our trip to Lake Nakuru National Park. 




Here are some of the photos that Tim & I took...

There were both Grant's & Thomson's gizelles.



 Colobus monkeys...


Marabou. 




 Hippos with a pelican coming in overhead!


This is part of the lake from one of the high lookouts. The lake is full of flamingos, pelicans & lots of other bird life & hippos.


We saw an amazing lizard at the lookout.


Reticulated giraffe.


Baboon.


Zebra & black rhino.


We saw a family of 4 black rhinos!


Hyena.


We saw a lone lioness eating a zebra & felt lucky that we had finally seen a lion.


We drove further down the road & came across a pride of lions in which there was at least 20+ lions in it!




Buffalo & zebra.


 Our tour guide Jumah, Zane & Zoe at one of the higher up lookouts.


Waterfall with lots of water as there had been quite a bit of rain before & during our safari!


Some of the lions in the pride we saw.


We saw so many animals. Including ones that weren't in our photos collection:  waterbuck, flamingos, jackals etc. Saw most things except no elephants as they are not in that national park.

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