Site Report: Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Visits

• 2013-10-25: We arrived to Nakuru to find that the lake was flooded and the flamingos had relocated. It was getting later in the day, so we decided to camp at the south end of the park. On the way in, we did some game drive activities which included checking in on a lion kill. Fortunately, we hired the guide or I doubt if we would have ever found the campsite. We arranged special permission to drive in the park during the night so that we could eat in the restaurant. I asked our guide about finding owls, but he was pretty sure that there were none. He had not seen one in four years of guiding. Of course, twenty minutes into our drive to the lodge, I spotted an owl on the top of a tree. Shortly after that, we encountered a leopard on the road. We dropped the guide off at the lodge, and then we spent an hour lost in the savanna looking for the campsite. The next morning, I woke up to find a lone male buffalo just outside my tent! It chose not to trample me, however.

Species Seen

Lifelists

• Africa
• World

Trips

• Kenya Solar Eclipse