Lake Nakuru Photo Essay: Day 1/4
This was my second time in Africa after Ghana(Nov-Dec 2011 during field research). This time it was to participate in the GSMA mAgri quarterly team meeting; You can read more about this work here.
This was also last outing I had with Nikon D90(I will get a Full Frame Sony Alpha III in Oct 2020). During the layover at Qatar, I managed to get a handycam for capturing videos - I didn't want to miss out anything that I see. The gear is all set. I normally carry the cheap telephoto lens by Tamron, the stock 18-105 mm which has the VR - my go to lens and the Prime 35 mm Nikkor lens(I don't remember ever using this for the trip). I also had the GoPro attached to the Toyoto van
The journey started in a Toyota van from the central Kenya and we were able to get a glimpse of the Rift valley in a couple of hours
![Entering Rift Valley](/_next/static/media/riftvalleypano.39c98fbd.jpeg)
![Entering Rift Valley](/_next/static/media/riftvalley.202a8ef5.jpg)
I was all set to see the big 5 in Kenya. We did see all of them. Having seen a few in Sri Lanka, I was hoping to see a leopard, but we were not lucky;
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/baboon.19942639.jpg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/flamingo.e5eb025d.jpg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/flamingo2.ce547d13.jpg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/eerieforest1.cfbee3e5.jpeg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/eerieforest2.91492ef0.jpg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/eerieforest3.4f490a16.jpg)
![Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park](/_next/static/media/lakenakurufromtop.9cdabce3.jpg)
![Rhinos at last](/_next/static/media/rhinosatlast.e82b945b.jpg)