Lake Nakuru National Park:
white rhinoceros, ants, lions

Continuing around the lake, we stopped to watch a white rhinoceros mother and calf off in the distance. As we watched they came closer and closer, trundling along, grazing, with no concern for us at all, and eventually crossed the road maybe five metres behind our vehicle.

There were dense swarms of flying ants, so thick they sometimes got in the way of photographs. The start of the rains had induced the colonies to launch their winged males and females on their mating flights — the fertilised queens then need soft damp soil to dig a new nest.

Continuing around the lake, a small burned out area revealed a group of lions under what was left of a tree, and we saw more antelope, including some male waterbuck jousting, and vervet monkeys.

Somehow, without ever seeming to hurry us along, Kassim and Duncan had managed to time the drive so we got out of the park right on 1pm, just in time for lunch back at the lodge.

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