Day 73 Lake Naivasha 15/12/12

Drove down to this, another of the lakes of the Great Rift Valley and the site of Hell's Gate National Park, where we camped by the river and then took a boat down past acres of water hyacinth and papyrus, with more hippos, and fish eagles swooping down to snatch the fish that our boatman had thrown into the lake for them - to say the least, most impressive. This area provides 3/4 of all Kenya's flower exports.

The object of our journey was "Elsamere", the former home of George and Joy Adamson, and of course of Elsa. We were shown a film about Joy's life, and of course of Elsa (I think even the youngsters who had not heard of her were impressed) and then given afternoon tea with scones, ginger cake and some half dozen other delicacies as we sat on the lawn where Joy and Elsa used to play. And excellent Kenyan tea. Yet another experience to be remembered.
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