Camping, Crater Lake and Nakuru National Park

Fun fact: simba means lion in Swahili. Unfortunately, the only evidence of lions we saw on our game drive through the Lake Nakuru National Park was their footprints. We did see: zebras, giraffes, warthogs, a rhino, vervet monkeys, baboons, water buck, and a hyena poking his head up from the grass! As well as a beautiful park surrounding the lake.

After a week in Nairobi meeting Dacia's friends and seeing different parts of the city, we drove from Nairobi to Lake Navaisha, a couple hours away depending on traffic. We set up camp on the lake at Camp Carnelley's for three nights, and drove to the park and hike from there. There are hippos close to shore, but they seemed happy to stay in one area at a safe distance from our tent.

On the way to Crater Lake, which we hiked around, there were baby warthogs, zebras along the side of the road, and pieces of obsidian scattered around like any other rock. Now we are back in Nairobi for the long weekend...next up: Zanzibar!