Time for a group trip to the Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru area NV of Nairobi. We split up into 2 teams where Heli, Jackie, Luke and myself went to climb up the old volcano Mount Longonot. The rest went bycicling or hiking in Hells Gate.
Mount Longonot was steeper than I thought and hot in the burning morning sun. Once up on the rim, cool winds from the inside of the crater cooled us off. What a beautiful view in all directions from the top. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go all around the rim but we made a dash towards the highest peak....but our driver and guide Justice, our timekeeper, made us turn around to kind of slither down the mountain. It was really great to be able to walk out in the wild after 2 weeks with a driver and asked to stay inside the gates in the evening.
We met the rest of the team and went for an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru before dinner. The best game drive was the early morning one with fresh air an many animals out. Another gamedrive after breakfast, lunch and then back to Nairobi to work on our mid-term-review presentation the next morning...
To my list of animals, I was among others able to add white and black rhino, "Pumba", flamingo, many new birds...
Another great weekend with a great team!
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| Mount Longonot |
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| We made it! Heli, Luke, myself and Jackie |
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| The crater and the highest peak in the background |
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| Lunch for the Hell's gate team |
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| White Rhino at sunset |
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| Baboon at sunrise |
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| Flamingos |
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| This is as close as we got to the lions... |
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| 2*"Pumba" running from something |
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