Spent a day in Lake Nakuru National Park after an intro to Kenya roads, the worst in Africa yet (apparently the road budget funds disappear!). We spent Christmas at a campsite near Njoro which served a traditional Christmas meal! We also sang Christmas carols with the family! One of the lads from an overland truck was very drunk indeed (from around 6pm onwards) and was pretty badly behaved.
The flamingos at Lake Nakuru are stunning, there are up to 1.5 million of them! There are lots of raptors here, quite a few white Rhino (we saw 27) and we found a pride of 11 Lions including a big male & 3 cubs.
We then spent almost 4 days in the Masai mara, the road in is slow as it is in dreadful condition. We saw lots of lion here including 21 on day 3! Also two lots of cubs. We also saw Genet cat twice, lucky as they are usually nocturnal. The Mara plains are stunning and without a GPS it would be easy to get lost. 4×4 is essential as there are lots of steep river crossings. Sadly we didn’t see any cheetah but we did see a leopard. Used a good campsite called Aruba just outside the park where the staff (mostly Masai) were very friendly.