Nyumba ya Mungu: Trip VII

Young Masaai crosses the frame.

Nyumba ya Mungu is one of our favorite places to go (Trip I, II, III, IV, V & VI) and I continue to enter these trips mainly for the sake of posterity. I've already taken loads of pictures and written much about it but I consider it a real special place and loads of fun to drive the rough road to reach.

This trip we took a fellow birder named Pete out to the lake. We spent a long time on the road there as it's full of birds. When we reached the lake around noon there were a ton of people fishing, washing their clothes, and selling fish onward to the markets. As usual it was very hot and we could only be out for about an hour before we retired to the car for lunch. The lake was as low as we've ever seen it which was great for watching birds as you could get close to reed beds packed with birds.

Overall we had a great day though the heat remains the biggest challenge of Nyumba ya Mungu. However, there is no way around it so we just make sure to drink lots of water and stay covered!

Ana looking across the plains.

Checking out some birds!

Cows grazing in the shallows.