Day 5 Lake Naivasha

Day 5 Lake Naivasha

Once again, an early start to the day . It was a very long and uncomfortable journey which I could have done without. We entered the national park and straight away it didn’t seem like a national park, more like Marwell Park. I later learnt that this park was actually man made. The animals were placed there to help form the park. They didn’t appear to mind being in an un-natural environment but it wasn’t what I thought was worth travelling miles to see. The lake, home to thousands of pink flamingos was also a bit disappointing as there weren’t actually that many there. So we left the park somewhat tired and disillusioned. We had the option of a boat ride before going to our accommodation which some of us took.  The boat ride turned out to be the highlight of the day. It was a small boat powered by an outboard motor. Long an narrow. We were given life jackets that didn’t fit and with zips that didn’t work but I felt safe because the water was quite shallow and we weren’t going out very far. That was until we saw the Hippos. I can now say that I have first hand experience with an aggressive Hippo. We were all enjoying watching them with their young, wallowing away when one of the adults  sudden launched itself at us. The young lad on the boat open up the throttle and we sped away. I think it scared us all but it gave us something to laugh about when were safely on dry ground. We arrived at our lodge just after dark very tired a weary. We had just eleven and a half hours  in this lodge before moving on for our next stop The Masai Mara.

Me and thee

Poor chap went down hill to fetch a pail
 of water and then had to push it back up

Black Rhino

Happy Hippos

A Big Kingfisher