{"id":857,"date":"2013-03-11T20:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T20:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=857"},"modified":"2014-03-07T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T11:45:33","slug":"day-4-5-hells-gate-nakuru-eldoret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2013\/03\/day-4-5-hells-gate-nakuru-eldoret\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 &#038; 5  Hells Gate, Nakuru &#038; Eldoret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hells-gate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-878\" title=\"Hells gate\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hells-gate-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hells-gate-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hells-gate.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Most of us started our next day on safari by getting on mountain bikes and going for a ride in Hells Gate National Park.  Here we had the incredible experience of cycling through amazing scenery with giraffe and zebra crossing our path.  We then headed back to camp for lunch before getting on the move to our next destination &#8211; Nakuru.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Punda-295x3001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-880\" title=\"Punda-295x300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Punda-295x3001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>We spent the night camping at Punda Millia, meaning zebra in Swahili.  It\u2019s one of my favourite campsites, and many on board upgraded to the beautifully comfortable banda\u2019s. The showers in the camp are arguably the best in East Africa &#8211; open topped under acacia trees and banana leave.   We spent a relaxing afternoon by the pool in the peaceful campsite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rhino.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-860\" title=\"rhino\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rhino-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rhino-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rhino.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Next morning we had an early breakfast before setting off into Nakuru National Park in small safari vehicles.   Nakuru has a variety of terrains from savannah and acacia forest to cliffs and the magnificent soda lake.  We had the treat of seeing the much endangered rhino as well as zebra, Thomson\u2019s gazelles and an abundance of flamingos.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the Kenyan elections we adjusted the itinerary slightly and are planning to cross into Uganda slightly early \u2013 giving us a great excuse to see something extra in Uganda.  But for now we leave the exciting game drives behind and we continue to our final stop in Kenya \u2013 Eldoret.  After dinner we go to the camps great bar, and sit around the fire playing games including never ever, all laughing hysterically and having a really fun night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us started our next day on safari by getting on mountain bikes and going for a ride in Hells Gate National Park. Here we had the incredible experience of cycling through amazing scenery with giraffe and zebra crossing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2013\/03\/day-4-5-hells-gate-nakuru-eldoret\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[216,126,219,214,218,215,223,220,217,224,221,222,150],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-27th-feb-2013-simba-sounds-on-makako-leanne","tag-eldoret","tag-gazelles","tag-giraffe-and-zebra-crossing-our-path","tag-hells-gate","tag-hells-gate-national-park","tag-nakuru","tag-nakuru-national-park","tag-punda-millia","tag-safari","tag-savannah-and-acacia-forest","tag-swahili","tag-the-best-in-east-africa","tag-uganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}