A nice taxi driver took us to the park at 12:00 and also agreed to take us through the park after, in true Kenyan style, our booking for a safari ride the previous day, had gotten lost. Learning our lesson from yesterday, we pre-agreed a price of 45oo KSh (£11), to get round the park and back to the hotel. (I am now head barterer!)
Still unsure if we were being conned we paid the entrance fee to the park & off we went. Upon entering the park a family of baboons crossed our path, setting the stage for many more species to follow. Along the way were monkeys, heron, giraffe, ostrich, buffalo with their enterage of egrets along for the ride. A good 3 and a half to 4 hours of entertainment! I was happy. Before we left there was a visit to the parks animal orphanage where animals are kept until suitable for release into the park. For £5 we were able to see several lions in various states of repair, some disturbed looking monkeys and some noisy birds. This was all dwarfed by the experience of going into the cheetah pen to pet and play with them. They purr loud!
John the driver then took it upon himself to show us some slums of Nairobi, not pretty.
Tea was made for us at sunset, 7Pm. I'm not sure what part of what animal was served, but it wasn't well fed whatever the case. Our company consisted of 2 men, only one of which we extracted information from when an ice-breaking power cut ended the meal; it's not interesting. It costs 25p for a soda here, worth noting.
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