A Hippo Drive

Day 28
8:00 Breakfast
10:15 Archaeology
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Wildlife Conservation
4:30 Hippo Drive
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Natural History

  

At Lake Naivasha

"On the drive to the hippo site we saw huge pelicans flying, it was beautiful. The hippos were amazing. They are VERY big. We parked and we were allowed to GET OUT of the truck to walk around this beautiful lagoon area. The grass was perfectly mowed, but it wasn't from a lawn mower, it was from grazing hippos! It looked fake it was so lovely. Everyone was making hungry hippo jokes. There was a herd of buffalo with their babies. Kasoi said that was a very special sight. It was neat to watch the hippos watch us, some opened their mouths up wide. Two hippos were being aggressive to each other. It was so amazing to be this close."

A Valentines Day Dinner

We also saw a herd of impala, Thompson gazelle, and a herd of zebras that didn't impress us (oh how jaded we've become to Kenyan wildlife!) There was a female bushback laying down. Kasoi wanted us to see the tail so he got out of the truck to make it get up!
    For Valentines Day we all did a "Secret Valentine" and most of us made cute cards and exchanged chocolate hearts. I was very lucky, Lesley had me as her Secret Valentine and I found a dinner invitation in my tent when I returned from the hippo drive. Lesley and Zoe had put down blankets, borrowed a lantern, had flowers in an empty coke bottles and laid out a picnic dinner for Sara and I. It was really special and a fun dinner. 10 years ago today I enjoyed an adventurous Hippo Drive and a fun evening with friends.