Our Day at Lake Nakuru

In the earlier post I mentioned the plight of the flamingoes, so one of the main attractions here at one time was a " no show " for this trip.  There used to be an estimated 1 million birds on this lake at one time.  The entire surface looked pink.

Other attractions here in this park are the rhinos...both black and white rhinos. The black rhinos are few and far between and weren't to be found, but we had a treat to see five white rhinos up close and personal.  These guys aren't white at all, but were misnamed when people misunderstood the Dutch name for " wide mouth " and they thought it was white.

                   

For the first time we saw a Rothchild giraffe.  We had seen the Maasai and the reticulated ones at other parks.  This one has white stockings, but you can't see them in this photo.

            

Toward the end of the game drive, our driver took off driving like crazy, and we knew he had heard on the radio of a sighting of a lion, a leopard or the black rhino.  It turned out to be a lioness in a tree.  She stayed up there quite a long time, trying to decide when, where and how to jump down.  By now, there are at least 20 safari vans and clients looking on.  She finally jumps and then to the delight of all, she continues walking down the line of vans, perhaps only 20 feet away.

We are thoroughly worn out now after our long drive from Mt. Kenya and our game drive here.  But we had an encore on the way back to the lodge as an entire pride of lions is sighted well over 500 yards away.  With strong binoculars, some of are able to spot a gorgeous male lion with a full mane, which many times we do not see.  There were four youngsters cavorting in the grass, along with 2 females.  Because of the distance, most photos were not significant.

What a great way to end our day.