Leaving Naivasha we travelled north about 2 hours to arrive at Lake Nakuru National Park, a World Heritage site,  Along the route the beggar baboons were numerous in several troops.  

We took two drives through the park, one while arriving and the second just before supper.  Jesse took multiple photos of the animals we saw:  pelicans (pictured), baboons, water buffalo, hippopotamus, lions, warthogs, and hundreds of birds.  Lake Nakuru is designated a World Heritage site due to the vast biodiversity of this relatively smaller National Park.

After lunch and a break we set off at 1600 for a 3 hour drive looking for animals.  We saw close up hundreds of birds and many species (with names like the Saddle-billed stork  and the Secretarybird or Devil's Horse) including a small flock of the famous flamingoes.  There were limited numbers of flamingoes(pictured) as their food, (red green algae) was not in abundance, forcing the birds elsewhere.  We saw close up baboons, monkeys, giraffes, buffalo, impalas, gazelles, zebra, hyena, warthog, and lions (pictured).  Jesse was thrilled.  He showed a real eye at picking out the animals camouflaged as they are even in the distance. He even spotted a rhino at a big distance.  Good eye Jesse.

We stopped for a stretch at Makalia Falls (pictured)  We interrupted several troops of baboons, who gave way reluctantly as we dismounted the vehicle.  They ran up behind some bushes where they pretended to hide.  Day ended with me taking a massage, Jesse in the swimming pool, and then supper.  Today I felt for the first time in the trip the hot direct African sun.  Until today overcast conditions kept the day around a perfect 23 degrees calcium.  Today I hesitate to report to Canadians reading this over the next week or so, we saw close to 30 degrees.