Nairobi National Park again

I have lost count of the many times I have been to Nairobi National Park. This time round, I was determined to be at the gate (main gate) before 6am.

We arrived at the gate 05:45am, after covid 19 protocols and paying park fees, we got into the park afew munites after 6am. I really was anxious to see the cats…lion and leopard. But first, we were greated by this!

This is not Maasai Mara, this Nairobi National park!!

Sometimes I look at Gods creation and I just mavel..

A light aircraft taking off at Wilson airport with Nairobi skyline as a backdrop…This is so cool!

We then came by this huge rhino, I was ecstatic! Kept my distance though, I did not want it charging on me..

Zebra crossing

Lion….whop whop…This was my first sighting in Nairobi national park in 3 years! Though I didnt get an image I had in mind, I was content with this…maybe next time…?

Gods favour was on us. Did you know mama rhino and baby rhino are called cow and calf respectively. Now you know.

The sound of a dumper tuck behind us frightened cow and calf and off they ran….

The truck on the right is what I was trying to capture. It was to far away and cropping the frame was not an option.

monkey business

On our way out, I saw this eagle, took this frame and quicky realized it was to far away….sigh…the memory of it overode my lens limitation and decided to keep the image.

It was a good day!

Madaraka day at Nairobi national park

On 1st June 2020 we took a drive to Nairobi national park and the queue to get into the park was like nothing I have ever seen.

a ranger doing patrol.

Ticketing was so efficient I was amazed. Taking into account, the health risk of covid-19

We got into the park excited to see wildlife. We drove to this junction and the skyline of Nairobi was hard to resist.

We drove for hours looking for wildlife. The many vehicles in the park caused the wildlife to retreat to areas only extreme 4 x 4 could access.

so I decided to document Nairobi skyline as seen from the park

We decided to call it a day and on our way out only managed to get this image

Weekend at Hells Gate National Park

It has been more than 10years since I was at Hells Gate National Park. Alot has changed over the years.
I was delighted to find part of the park tarmaced.
Here I was eager for golden hour. In my mind I had pictured it like Wakanda in its glorious sunset! Lets just say it was not my day.

What a view of Mt. Longonot!