Not Afraid of people

Baboon crawling into a van. Don't leave your car unattended. 

Hippos in the water

Momma Baboon

Rhino right by our car

Rhino by the side of the road

Notice how each Zebra has different stripes

A few weeks ago, we were scheduled to attend a zone conference but there was a change in the schedule, so we had a morning with no missionaries we needed to see, so we took time to drive through the Nairobi National Park. The entrance is a 10-minute drive from our apartment and cost us less than $10.00 to drive through. The cost is low because we have our residency stamp on our passport. Getting the residency stamp was an experience in itself. We spent about 4 hours in the park and we saw several animals. We stopped at a rest area (a very primitive rest stop area) and it was full of active baboons. They were not afraid of anyone. A few of the commercial safari vehicles did not close the windows and it took only seconds for baboons to enter and take bags of snacks. They were quick. One crawled on top of our car and sat there for a while. The highlight was when we saw two huge Rhinos standing by the side of the road. We approached cautiously. One had its head down and it would have taken two steps for it to put its horn into the side of our car. They did not seem to mind us and we got a few good pictures. We saw several Zebras. We watched and observed how each zebra has it’s own unique stripes. They have a giraffe recovery center close by. We will get that on our list of places to go. You can feed the giraffes and pet them.