Over this past weekend, I was expecting to completely have to rough it. Instead we were treated to pre-pitched tents, a nice restaurant on the camping site, American marshmallows, a boat ride on Lake Naivasha, and wait for it...A HOT SHOWER! It was glorious! During our stay at the camp we visited Hell's Gate National Park. The place that the scenery from the Lion King was based off of. We rented bikes...or what was left of them and headed out on a 9 mile total trek to the gorge and back. En route we saw adult and baby wort hogs, adult and baby zebras, giraffes, antelope, gazelle, and cows. We were so close to all of them and there are no fences here in the Park. This is the animal's land, we are the intruders. Ride at your own risk. We also took a boat ride on Lake Naivasha- home to Kenyan Fish Eagles and 600 hippos as well as other creatures. On the way home we stopped for souvenirs and an unplanned stop when we got a flat tire. It was such a breathtaking and fun weekend, I can hardly put words to it. But pictures are worth a thousand words, so here are a few!
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| Zebra on the side of the path |
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| my biking group! |
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| view when we were boating |
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| papyrus we saw on Lake Naivasha |
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| our camp site |
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| There are 600 hippos in Lake Naivasha |
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| Our boat |
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| a Kenyan fish eagle we saw dive bomb and catch a fish |
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| Koly chasing the giant storks on our camp site |
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| the "skunky" because it's a monkey/skunk. |
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| lamb on our camp site! |
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| beautiful flower on the side of the road to Thika |
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| cool bracelet I bought at the camp site |
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| ready to go boating with hippos! |
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| the restaurant we ate our meals at |
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| biking in Hell's Gate! |
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| photo opp when we got a flat tire on the way home |
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| Lake Naivasha was a blast! |
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| bye Thika! |
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