After such an amazing morning, the boys had a swim to cool down. I did some blogging and then it was time to head off to the lookout on the cliffs, over Lake Nakaru. As we drove past the lake edge, we saw flocks of pelicans, and heaps of ibis, both white and black, and many different storks. And then, at the waters’ edge, is a flock of flamingos! Who said they’d all vacated the lake? Although it wasn’t the spectacle we had hoped for, they were pretty impressive.

There were two hippos hanging out with the pelicans. They were trotting around and quite hilarious.

We went up to the lookout and could see the rising lake. It’s at a record peak height, and William tells us we would normally drive at least another 800m into the lake on a road we can’t see for water.
On the way back, we stop and watch a bachelor herd of impala having duels, as they try to become the dominant one.

As we go back past the flamingos, they take flight, and I can only imagine what it would be like if there were thousands of them here.

Then we see the baboons again, as they head off to bed. They are so fascinating to watch. We took a lot of video here.

We were nearly back at the lodge when we saw a black rhino in the bush. The black rhino is the one that we saw at a large distance from the road earlier today. We stopped and watched as it found its way to the road, only to see that it had a baby with it! Given the declining population of these animals, it was a treat to see a baby trotting along behind mum. Could we possibly have any more lucky moments?
Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but the light was fading fast.

All in all, it was another good day! (not that we’ve had any bad ones)