September 7 – Lake Nakuru – Loldia

We had an hour and a half or so drive from Lake Nakuru to our next location, Loldia House.  Loldia is on an old, private farm that is still owned by the original family.  The lodge is run by Governor’s group and the manager is a lovely lady from Scotland named Heather.  And she has the cutest brown spaniel named Poppy. 

It has a lovely main house made of stone

and three buildings with two guest rooms each.  There was only one other couple there when we arrived. 

After a lovely lunch on the lawn overlooking the lake we wandered around the colorful gardens...

and eventually made it up to the pool where we sat and enjoyed the view for a while.  

And also watched birds taking baths on the pool overflow.

We had a night game drive, although it was daylight when we headed out.  

This is whistling acacia tree...it whistles when the wind blows through the pods.

 

This area has pretty heavy brush but we saw a massive impala herd (one male and about 35 or 40 females).

We also saw a large number of dik-diks – the world’s smallest antelope.  They are cute and really small.

There were a few zebras,

and hippos.

We also saw some vervet monkeys

and a fox (hard to photograph at night).

It was rather cold but it was interesting as this was our first nighttime game drive.