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 Entering Rift Valley

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 Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Baboon at the entrance of Lake Nakuru National park Rhinos at last