Lake Elementaita:

 

Lake Elementaita is one of the national game reserves of Kenya.  We hiked down to the lake guided by resident Maasai guide to see flocks of Greater and Lesser Flamingoes.  The lake is a salt lake surrounded with Yellow Fever Trees which branches are greenish yellow and were glowing even in the low light of early evening.  It was extremely quiet without any noise of modern times until we reached to the lake to meet a zillion pink Flamingoes.  There I was awestruck with the vastness of the sky.  This was my first impression of Africa being huge.

 

We stayed at the Lake Elementaita Lodge, which was a pleasant and romantic lodge with a view of the lake on the slope of the Great Rift Valley.  What a difference from the austere Methodist Guest House in claustrophobic Nairobi city.  Some members had a great fun in the pool.