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| Rhinos! |
Lake Nakuru National Park is located in the Great Rift Valley and 3-hour drive from Nairobi. Lake Nakuru used to renowed for its vast flamingo population in the past but rising water levels from heavy flooding has reduced this phenomenon. We saw rhinos at a safari at this national park. Entrance fee during visit was USD 60 per person. We went in through the Lanet Gate as that was the closest gate to the accommodation we booked.
Safari in Lake Nakuru National Park are set route instead of off-road like Maasai Mara.
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| Spot the bird |
We got lucky and because there were jeeps stopping, the driver stopped too - lioness up on a tree.
Lake Nakuru National Park is also a great birding destination as the soda lake is a birding hot spot. So yay to pelicans and flamingos.
We also got lucky with giraffes crossing in front of the 4WD and a hyena walking passed when the cars in front of us weren't moving. Else the driver was in a rush to get out of the national park.
We picked up a couple of eggs and 2 packets of noodles from a tuck shop nearby before the safari at Lake Nakuru National Park. On arriving back at the accommodation after safari, there was a small stall just before the entrance of the accommodation selling some hone grown veges. We bought a bunch of spinach, a tomato and an avocado. We cooked these (except the avocado) for dinner and topped up with the bacons and sausages from the breakfast pack. We thought the veges looked like choy sum but were told they were Kenyan spinach.
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| Eggs & noodles Ksh 135, tomato Ksh 20, avocado Ksh 20, Kenyan spinach Ksh 10 |
They were prepping to fry samosas when we were there so we returned later to buy some. When we went back again, they had 9 samosas left. The samosas had green beans and onions filling. We had not had samosas with green beans and onions filling before but we bought all 9 anyway at Ksh 20 each. Happy to report that they were tasty.
Side note: Flamingoe eat Blue Algae to keep their pink hue.
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