Entrance to Lake Nakuru National Park |
Main Gate to Lake Nakuru National Park |
Map of Lake Nakuru National Park |
The campground at Makalia Falls is 24km from the main gate |
Baboon in a tree near the main gate |
Sky darkens over leopard country |
Defassa waterbuck |
African buffalo drinks in the pouring rain |
African buffalo in the pouring rain |
This stretch of road isn't too bad. The rain made some sections treacherous |
Buffalo at the Makalia Falls campsite, Lake Nakuru |
A buffalo walks in the distance near my campsite |
A baboon sitting on the outhouse, Makalia Falls campsite |
Makalia Falls, Lake Nakuru National Park |
Makalia Falls |
Makalia Falls, Lake Nakuru National Park |
The cliffs around Makalia Falls are covered with baboons |
Impala silhouetted against the morning sky |
Buffalo silhoutte |
African buffalo |
Impala, Lake Nakuru NP |
Giraffe close up |
Giraffe |
Long Crested Eagle |
Long Crested Eagle |
Impala, Lake Nakuru National Park |
Impala |
Impala charging off |
Zebra |
Olive Baboon (Anubis Baboon), Lake Nakuru |
Adult baboon grooming a youngster |
Adult male olive (anubis) baboon... |
Olive Baboons |
All ages of baboons |
Let go of my ear! |
Baboons do it doggie style |
Male olive baboon with impalas in the background |
Young baboons playing |
Large male olive baboon |
Baboons have fierce teeth |
Mother baboon nursing infant |
Waterbuck in the bush |
Waterbuck, Lake Nakuru |
Defassa Waterbuck |
Warthog |
Zebra |
Grant's Gazelle |
Grant's Gazelle |
Thomson's Gazelle |
White (square lipped) Rhinos |
Rhinos are well protected at Lake Nakuru |
5 Rhinos |
Rhino with an impressive horn |
Rhino |
Rhinos, Lake Nakuru |
Rhinos |
Rhinos |
Birds and rhinos |
Rhinos are common and easy to see at Lake Nakuru |
Huge flock of Pelicans |
Pelicans in flight |
Pelicans over Lake Nakuru |
A lone White Rhino, Lake Nakuru |
Maribou Stork in a field of pelicans |
Maribou stork |
Great White Pelicans, Lake Nakuru |
Lake Nakuru |
Pelican on the takeoff run |
Pelicans swimming on the shore of Lake Nakuru |
Greater Flamingos |
Thomson's Gazelle |
Pelicans flying |
Grant's Gazelle |
Giraffe |
Giraffe |
Vervet Monkey |
Grant's Gazelle |
A minibus approaches a rhino on the shore of Lake Nakuru |
Buffalo, Lake Nakuru |
Thousands of flamingos turn parts of the lake pink |
Young buffalo |
African Fish Eagle |
Flamingos, Lake Nakuru |
Flamingos, Lake Nakuru |
Flamingos, Lake Nakuru |
Clouds reflecting in Lake Nakuru with flamingos |
Marabou storks |
White Rhinoceros, Lake Nakuru |
Mother rhino and calf |
Lake Nakuru from Baboon Cliffs overlook |
Male Red Headed Rock Agama |
Lake Nakuru from the cliffs above |
Road from the overlook back down to the lakeshore |
Baboon |
Thomson's Gazelle |
Thomson's Gazelle |
Thomson's Gazelle |
Eland, Lake Nakuru |
Eland are the largest antilope |
The are also shy and don't stick around long |
Thomson's Gazelle |
Giraffe |
Waterbuck |
Olive baboon standing |
This is the second minibus I found stuck in this puddle |
Grey Crowned Cranes |
Great White Pelicans |
Defassa Waterbuck |
Fruit stand in Nakuru |
On the road from Njoro, near Nakuru to Narok, on the way to the Maasai Mara |
The first third of the way, the road is quite good |
Mau Escarpment village |
Small scale agriculture along the Mau Escarpment |
Village along the C57 |
Young villager |
Mau escarpment village |
This substantial church marks the end of the decent road |
This is typical of the sorry state of the C57 around Mau |
The rain didn't help |
My Suzuki 4x4 got stuck here. A tractor pulled me out. |