Makalia

This morning we are going on a cruise of Nakuru Lake. We’re taking breakfast with us so that’s good, gives us a bit of a later start at 8 am.

We passed a group of giraffes and Zebras so close to the road on the way so of course we had to stop and take some photos. It amazing to be so close to them.

The lake is a Mecca for bird life and our guide is very knowledgeable about all of them. So many birds and so many photo opportunities. There’s a lot of mammals on the waters edge too. Buffalo, Zebras, Hippos to name a few.

They whipped out breakfast to feed us after about an hour on the lake. It’s amazing how they keep everything hot. We had eggs and potato scallopy things, chia pudding with fruit and peanut butter, pancakes ,croissants, juice, coffee. I think they were a bit disappointed we couldn’t eat it all. I’m sure the guys finished up our leftovers.

This lake is know for flamingoes and there were certainly a number of them but they were hard to get close to and hard to photograph. The bonus while we were watching the flamingoes were a pair of hippos coming back into the water after feeding. Such beautiful big creatures, supposedly one of the most dangerous in Africa although they don’t look it.

The giraffes were waiting for us on the way back to The Cliffs, and again when we went for a game drive later that afternoon. We’ve seen so many gratifies and zebras here and this afternoon we had a treat in store. We saw our first lion sighting and a mother and baby White Rhino plus another group of about fifteen or twenty rhinos all grazing on the marshes.

The Cliffs is a gorgeous place to stay, two nights here hasn’t been long enough. We feel very spoilt.Read more