It is a remarkable spot - a bit like the Garden of Eden. It is here that much of the movie Out of Africa was filmed. To add authenticity, the movie creators brought in all sorts of giraffes, gazelles, gnus, and such. Though the animals could leave the island (attached to land part of the year) many of them stay. The area is free of predators (no carnivores) and offers plenty of water and feed.
For humans, it's a unique place that offers the chance to walk among the animals, free of the fear of being pounced on or trampled upon by a lion, leopard, water buffalo, elephant, rhino, or such. There are some hippos in the lake, but they seem content enough to stick to themselves.
Britt and Valerie arriving on Crescent Island
Pink pelicans
Dik diks, they are very small and shy
Valerie and giraffe
Giraffes and impalas
Colobus monkey
Lake Naivasha
Gazelles
Zebra family
Running wildebeest
Waterbuck, zebra, and wildebeest
lone wildebeest and gazelles
Pink pelicans
Waterbuck
Vervet monkey and her baby
Heron in the water hyacinths
restaurant where we had lunch
on the road by the lake, a reminder that this is a land of herders
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