Naivasha and Lake Nakuru

It was going to be a long (6 hour) drive to Lake Nakuru, so we opted to break up the journey and stop at Lake Naivasha to visit some hippos and do some bird watching.

We set off on a tiny boat and almost immediately ran into water hippos, who were clearly cooling down. They were submerged in the water, except their eyes!

A few hours later, we arrived at Lake Nakuru to see the flamingos. Unfortunately, due to the drought in Kenya, the flamingo numbers were down and there were not as many flamingos and we were expecting to see. They are the pink birds in the distance...

 

However, we definitely caught a good glimpse of a few white rhinos, including a baby rhino.

and there were a ton of baboons all around our hotel and the rooms.








We wrapped up the day with a beautiful sunset...