Nairobi National Park’s Surprising Opportunities

Our final day in Kenya was not what we expected at all. Our guide Rafael expressed concern about a nation-wide demonstration planned for Thursday. The demonstration was over the police killing of some demonstrators a few years ago. He believed demonstrators or police would close roads. His concern was we would not be able to get to the airport in time for our flight out of Kenya. His recommendation was that we forgo our second day at Lake Nakuru and…

Amazing Birds and Beasts of Kenya’s Famous Lake Nakuru

After two days in Maasai Mara, it was time to travel to our next destination, Lake Nakuru. We had to get up fairly early again as it was a five hour drive there, and we needed to be there in time to spend some time in the park. We tried to pack most of what we needed the night before. The resort staff came and brought all our luggage to the front where Rafael packed it into the Land Rover.…