Day 4 Lake Naivasha

A quick stop at Narok to make a few purchases and get some money. Then it was a very long hot, dusty drive to Lake Naivasha. The roads were just appalling and Samuel did a wonderful job trying to make the journey as comfortable as possible.

Sandy brought out the playing cards and William attempted to teach us a card game. We all suspected that he made the rules up as he went along.. always in his favour. By this stage we had become a close knit family and shared many stories with a lot of laughter.

It was such a relief to arrive at our banda home for the night. It was an idyllic thatched cottage with an upstairs sitting room that looked over the lake. Patrick conjured up flasks of hot drinks and some pop corn whilst we freshened up and removed some of the dust. After a great dinner we all retired early, Samuel to his rap music whilst we were content to snuggle under the protection of the mosquito nets and look forward to an early start on the lake.

Going out onto the lake whilst the early morning mist was still rising created an ethereal atmosphere and a great backdrop for all the birds we saw. Not just birds.. there were also plenty of hippos and some were just returning from their nocturnal forages.

Look for the fish eagle in the photo slide show and in the video clip you will see it fly with a fish in its claws

Day 4 Lake Naivasha

Jun 13, 2006 - 13 Photos