Blogs from Lake Nakuru NP, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa - page 3

I spent Saturday-Monday in Nakuru. It was so peaceful and much more "Kenya" than I have been staying in (in other words much more rual). I loved every minuet of my trip. I stayed at a missionary families house who have lived here for the last 13 years. I have felt so encouraged and strengthened by this family. They have two older children in the states, one of which is a 23 year old daughter in Philadephia! As they told me endless stories of their children I related so well with their struggles and dreams. Although I have yet to meet either of their older children (however, I do hope to meet Rachel when I am back in Philadelphia) I felt as though they were my very best friends. Their parents were full of wisdom and ... read more

Over the next three days we traveled to three game parks: Samburu National Reserve, Aberdare National Park near Nyeri Kenya and Lake Nakuru National Park. The hotel accommodations were far nicer that before. The hotel in Nyeri was originally a game camp for wealthy British that was built in the early 1930’s. The grounds were lovely, the room was enormous and the food was terrific. It was easily the most luxurious hotel we had encountered so far. The hotel in Nakuru was a moderate business class hotel that suited us just fine. We arrived at the Samburu park so early that we had to wait for the sun to come up so we could see any animals when we entered the park. It was well worth the wait as for the next few hours we overdosed ... read more

# Tag 37 Am Morgen früh verlassen wir Naivasha und fahren Richtung Nakuru um den Lake Nakuru zu besichtigen. Unglaublich, dass ein solcher Park sich so nahe bei einer Grossstadt befinden kann. Bevor überhaupt der Park erreicht ist, sehen wir auf der Strasse Baboons und Zebras, welche in der freien Natur leben. In Nakuru wird in einem Hotel eingecheckt und nach einer kurzen Erholungspause geht es Richtung Lake Nakuru National Park. Dieser Park überzeugt schon beim Eintritt mit einem tropischen Urwald und kurz danach erreicht man den Salzsee. Sofort fällt dieses weiss/rosa schimmernde Band auf, welches auf dem See liegt: die Flamingos. Aber vorher noch erreichen wir die Pelikane, welche nur ein paar Meter von uns entfernt sind. Was für ein herrlicher Anblick. Im Hintergrund ruht eine Herde von Büffel und alles ist so nahe beisammen. ... read more

Once we got to Flamingo Lodge and checked in, we left on our first safari drive. The lake has no outlets, and it is very salty. The park is heavily wooded, with a large open area by the lake. Many trees blew down in a wind storm a few years ago, and you can see the devastation still. The first animal we came across was a leopard in a tree. It was hard to see, but it is rare to see them at all...and it turned out that this would be our only leopard viewing during the trip, so we were lucky! Next we went down by the lake, and got out and walked along the shore. It is safe there, if the rhinos aren't around. The flamingos and pelcans are in the thousands! As we ... read more

Lake Nakuru is famous for Flamingos and White Rhino. We were all excited because not everyone had seen a Rhino and those that had had seen black Rhinos. We set off early to make our way to the park, on the drive to the gate we spotted a white Rhino!!! We entered the park and headed straight for the soda lake where we were surrounded by thousands of pink flamingos. We were allowed out of the truck to get closer to the lake. After loads of photos we got back in the truck and drove around the park. It wasn't long before we found buffalos, Elands (which our driver informed us is the biggest antelope in Africa) and of course white Rhinos. We found a family of Rhinos who were teaching the young one how to ... read more