The second smallest national park in Kenya, but small we can’t call it. It’s
probably bigger than any of the national parks back where you are from and I can assure you it has nothing in common with the ones you are used to.
We got to visit this fantastic park thanks to our friend Jotham, who invited us and took us by car. As always you are charged here as a tourist, so you pay at least 4 or 5 times more than a local to enter, but in the end it is worth what you pay. The best thing is to hire a mountain
bike so you can get closer to the animals. While you pedal you have animals all around you, from the usual giraffe and zebra to the dangerous buffalo. This last animal is the scariest for locals, you may ask yourself why this is, since there are a lot scarier animals than these like lions and cheetahs. But the truth about these last ones is that they rarely attack humans as they are seen as normal by there eyes, buffalos are animals that protect their space and can attack you in any moment.
The most shocking thing about this park is that you have, after a few hundred meters, cliffs on both sides, which make the scenery even more spectacular. On these cliffs you can also see monkeys in their caves or hanging from trees.
After a long time cycling, you reach to what they call the Hodge, that is where you do a two-hour trekking through a dried up river. The trekking is sort of technical having to climb and even jump long distances. You do not know what you can find while doing this; we found two young kids that came out of nowhere and guided us during the trekking. They were two very nice Masai kids, with whom we took various photos without problems. They thought they were guiding us, but we knew exactly where to go.
After cycling back to the park entrance, we drove back to the city in exhaustion due to the long and tiring day.
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ASANTI SANA (Thank you very much)
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