We sat out early for the trip to the Lake Naivasha. The scenery was breathtaking as we passed hundreds of sheep, goats, and donkeys beside the road. After about and hour or so, we spotted our first group of zebra. After taking my first pictures, I broke into tears of joy. I found the experience of seeing them in this magnificent backdrop overwhelming. I wasn't sure if was going to really happen!
We continued to drive and as we neared the lake we stopped for a ride in a narrow boat. Very quickly we saw a rogue bachelor hippo swimming near our boat. We scooted right away as not to get too close. As you know, hippos can be very aggressive and charge if you get too close to them. Our young guide gave them plenty of space as we cruised around and saw about 20 more. They are referred to as a kingdom of hippos, with only one male within a group of females.
We left the lake and returned to land in an area called Hell's Gate. As we drove we soon spotted a baboon with several wart hogs and their young. We kept driving seeing hundreds of zebra, and finally two young giraffes that had been left by their parents to find water. Soon we saw the parents that would later return. Under some trees, we saw several large water buffalo. They didn't seem to like our vehicle and acted as if they may charge. We crept away slowly.
Our lodge is lovely and on the banks of the lake. There were 6 large monkeys on the path this evening. They didn't act very scared of me. We were told we must have a guard walk us to the lodge and back to our rooms after dark. Hippos come up on our grounds. Four have been seen already tonight.
We head out again in the morning 6 hours southwest to the Masai Mari camp. They say we will get an "African massage" (very rough roads).
Stay tuned!
We continued to drive and as we neared the lake we stopped for a ride in a narrow boat. Very quickly we saw a rogue bachelor hippo swimming near our boat. We scooted right away as not to get too close. As you know, hippos can be very aggressive and charge if you get too close to them. Our young guide gave them plenty of space as we cruised around and saw about 20 more. They are referred to as a kingdom of hippos, with only one male within a group of females.
We left the lake and returned to land in an area called Hell's Gate. As we drove we soon spotted a baboon with several wart hogs and their young. We kept driving seeing hundreds of zebra, and finally two young giraffes that had been left by their parents to find water. Soon we saw the parents that would later return. Under some trees, we saw several large water buffalo. They didn't seem to like our vehicle and acted as if they may charge. We crept away slowly.
Our lodge is lovely and on the banks of the lake. There were 6 large monkeys on the path this evening. They didn't act very scared of me. We were told we must have a guard walk us to the lodge and back to our rooms after dark. Hippos come up on our grounds. Four have been seen already tonight.
We head out again in the morning 6 hours southwest to the Masai Mari camp. They say we will get an "African massage" (very rough roads).
Stay tuned!
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