Treetops to Lake Naivasha

The alarm went once during the night. But I didn't get up. Margaret did and told me that it was a herd of elephants visiting the watering hole. I slept well and got up at 5.45am, showered and was back on the rooftop (with coffee) at 6.10am.

We saw the sun rise at 6.40am. What a sight! A couple of large elephants visited. I got some great photos.

We returned to Outspan at 7am where we had breakfast on the garden veranda, overlooking some stunning gardens. Although it was only 7.30am, the sun was hot (certainly over 20C).

We headed for Lake Naivasha at 8.15am. The journey passed through more desperately poor towns and villages. The town of Naivasha was one of the worst. It's really no more than a shanty town. Some of the villages we passed through looked like scenes from the Wild West. And the roads were even worse than yesterday. Another bone crunching journey.

On the way to Lake Naivasha, we did a short safari at Nakuru where we saw lots of monkeys and rhinos - and some stunning birds. There were thousands of pink flamingos.

Lake Naivasha Country Club is beautiful. It's on the shores of Lake Naivasha. We went for a walk before dinner and saw some boys fishing in the water with large nets. The dining room and lounge are in the style of an old colonial house. Stunning. Dinner was excellent. We returned to our lodge (number 45) at 10 o'clock.

The weather wasn't very good today. After a sunny start, it clouded over and the cloud stayed most of the day. Temperatures ranged from 20-30C. We had some light rain at 6.30pm.

Another early start tomorrow. We leave for Maisi Mara at 8am.