Lake Nakuru
On the 5th morning of the tour we packed our belongs into the backs of our land cruisers and headed out of Ol Pejeta on our way to Lake Nakuru.
Along the way we passed through some absolutely fascinating towns and scenery. We saw every item imaginable balance or loaded onto motorcycles as the main means of conveyance. In fact, a bright red couch was balanced across a motorcycle and we whiplashed our necks as we watched it proceed down the highway past us. This highway was one of the three paved roads we used on the entire 16 day trip, by the way.
We also saw a multitude of donkey carts, as well as individual donkeys loaded with water bottles. It was a fascinating glimpse into daily life in Kenya.
Lake Nakuru was the exact opposite of Ol Pejeta. Lush, tropical, with dense vegetation and towering trees, especially acacia. Their bright yellow trunks reflected the sun and made the forests appear almost magical.
We drove for hours along the banks of the lake. Pink flamingo’s by the millions were in the lake, as it offered a nice level of the salt that they crave. Rhino’s and their babies were easy to spot, and thousands of baboons and their very young babies were along every dirt roadway, in every tree, and playing joyfully along the route.
Fish eagles, pelicans, it’s a bird lovers paradise here. Our driver guides have bird watchers books within their reach and we learned about at least a dozen interesting Kenyan bird species.
Zebra, giraffe, impala, gazelles, cape buffalo, you name it, we saw it. Wart hogs have been everywhere, too. They twist their tails straight up in the air when they run, leaving us laughing every time they take off.
Our resort here was individual cabins. Excellent food and service, and would you believe it, bathtubs!
The next morning we were off headed to yet another fascinating location, the Maasai Mara, or The Mara as locals call it.
Every day we would say “today will be the day we are disappointed” and every day we said “it’s been another fabulous day, they can’t keep this up”. But they did, as you’ll see in the upcoming blogs.