After a very early breakfast, we headed off for a boat ride on Lake Naivasha, which supports a whole host of water birds, inc. African fish eagles, crested crane (symbol of Uganda), pelicans, flamingos and pied kingfishers.

 

 

 

 

 

We then left the Rift Valley behind for our long road journey back to Nairobi, then heading south to Amboseli, 400 square kilometres of plains with a stunning spectacle of Mt Kilimanjaro (at the core of an 8,000 sq kilometre ecosystem that spreads across the Tanzanian/Kenyan border. The melting snow of the mountain flow underground into the park, continually feeding water to springs, swamps and marshes across the system. Lots of elephants, hippo, oryx antelope, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and a profusion of birdlife. Lions are rare.. but we saw a female guarding her ‘kill’, with 3 hyenas prowling around her, waiting to pounce on the remains if she got distracted. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were disappointed that we didn’t get a clear morning view of Mt Kilimanjaro – but happy that there was at least a hint of the mountain through the haze.