Nairobi national park
/We took a break from school with the boys on Friday morning and did a field trip to the Nairobi National Park. We were able to get resident entry rates and drive our own vehicle, which made the outing very affordable! While we only had time to drive through about a quarter of the park, we saw many animals! It was surreal to see them in their natural habitat from our car windows instead of behind thick glass or tall fences in a zoo. The roads on the park ranged anywhere from meticulously combed gravel roads to severely pitted and rutted out roads, with wheel deep water filled mud traps. There were several instances where we couldn’t back up but moving forward meant driving half through the shrubs on the side of the road while trying to stay out of the ruts. We never did get stuck, though there were some close calls! It was such a fun experience for us as a family, and a wonderful break from our normal routine. We were strongly urged at the gate and when we came up on a few park rangers out on the plains, to stay in our car and not let boys hang out of windows. There are designated picnic spots but walking along the roads outside the picnic areas is strongly discouraged. None of the animals are sectioned off - they all have access to the entire park. These things are, aside from the fence around the entire property protecting the park, in their natural habitat. Once inside the parks fences, this is just like any other safari. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
