Nairobi National Park. Kenya. Journey to Africa 2018

16 March 2018 Travel time: with 19 January 2018 on 25 January 2018
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While traveling in Africa, I saw several national parks that turned out to be not so bright and interesting as I saw them on TV and in descriptions on tourist sites. Let's assume that the sunglasses that hid all this beauty prevented me from doing this. National parks, apparently, are going through hard times. Animals are sleepy and slow. I remember how we are driving through one of the parks, and the animals are not visible at all. Then we see how smelling heaps from an elephant lie on the road. The guide tells us that an elephant passed here in the morning. We go further, our car stops near the footprints in the clay. The guide says that an elephant passed through here. Then we saw the tracks of a giraffe, a rhinoceros, which the guide pointed out to us. I even thought that at that moment I belonged to the Pathfinder Society. And where are the animals themselves, I asked? When we take groups, we do not guarantee that tourists will see all kinds of animals. Good answer. As I understand it, big animals go deep into reserves, away from people. Those animals that have been fed by the road come out to the roads, so they are drawn to the roads. Yes, yes, park rangers go to tricks, feeding animals. It would seem, why should the lions lie right by the road? Certainly not out of love for people. Car guides do not really want to drive their cars far, and even off-road. It all depends on the amount of money paid. The more the tourist paid, the further the guides take them. I also noticed that the cars go on good dirt roads, and avoid uneven and rocky ones, where you can meet animals. Tourists want to see mostly rhinos, lions, leopards, elephants, crocodiles, hippos and giraffes. It is not easy to see many animals. It is necessary to choose the time of year, early morning or evening. In a word, it is necessary to add up a whole bunch of factors.


After a boring tour of the Nairobi Zoo, I insisted on doing a national park safari for me. They began to call me different prices. Finally, we settled on the amount of 147 dollars. I pay $47 to enter the national park, and I give $100 to the driver-guide. Five minutes later, a green jeep drove up, the driver of which was called Peter. The car is big, and I'm alone. On the way, we also met such cars with single tourists. It's better for the park rangers. More cars, more money. It is not profitable for them to combine tourists into groups. I immediately asked Peter if we would see all the animals? He nodded his head affirmatively. The situation is the same in all national parks. The guide calls other guides and asks where, who saw what animals? After that, all the cars rush to that place. There were many tourists in rental cars in the park. I was in a better position with respect to them. Peter drove his jeep over rocks and roads that a car can't drive over, which means we're more likely to see the animals. Along the way, we brought cafe workers to their establishment.

The first stop was at a large branchy tree, in the shade of which lay a lion and a lioness, and stood around about ten cars, and complete silence. I was surprised at this, a lion, like a lion, why stand and wait for something? How then I learned that everyone had been standing for more than two hours, waiting for the lion and lioness to merge in the ecstasy of sex. I did not even know that there are so many who want to see it, standing idle under the scorching sun. I told Peter that I had seen enough sex for the rest of my life, and we hooted. People like to spy on others, instead of doing it themselves.


Then Peter brought me to a famous place, the photo of which was scattered all over the world. Against the backdrop of the city of Nairobi, giraffes plucked leaves from tall trees. Here I stood for about thirty minutes, admiring this panorama. The proximity of the city is hardly good for the animals. In the thickets I saw various small animals that hid when the car passed. In general, the impression of the Nairobi National Park is depressing. My impression is that lions are fed near the central places where tourists pass. The lions do not even leave these places, so the guides know where to find lions and rhinos. There are no elephants and leopards, as well as many other animals.

Sometimes Peter drove me over pits and stones, where a passenger car is not able to pass. Passionate about the Jeep. How can a car overcome such a road, where even a person is hard to pass?

Nairobi National Park is rather a declining park, but not a prosperous one. It looks more like a big zoo. The next day I left for the Serengeti National Park.

Thieves' Nairobi

A thin cut on my bag, but I didn't get anything out. I kept teasing her.

During all the days of my stay in Nairobi, I was on a special account with thieves of all ranks. Despite the fact that I lived in the center of Nairobi, where there are police officers, I did not feel safe. The cops mostly cleared traffic jams. Sometimes the police approached the street vendors, where there was a short dialogue, and everything remained in its place. Apparently, there are some laws in Kenya, but the people live by their own laws, that is, no laws. As I understand it, the Kenyan authorities of all ranks live on their own, in isolation from the population, which survives as best they can.

Survive as best they can.

An interesting moment. In Namibia, I met loud Russian-speaking tourists who behaved liberatedly, vigorously discussing something in the whole street. I was delighted, and approached them, I thought that they were from Russia, but they turned out to be from Ukraine, and they were not particularly happy with me. They looked down on me. I understood the situation right away, so I asked them only one question: “Guys, you are Ukrainians, but you always speak only Russian abroad. Why"? They answered me that everyone understands Russian, but not Ukrainian. It's just thinking out loud.

What is left for the local population to do? Only steal.


After that, I became even more careful. Johannesburg in relation to Nairobi, a harmless city. Tanzania and Kenya struck me with the dirt and criminal environment, but as I already wrote that in any country, even in the worst, there are beautiful corners of nature and beautiful views, but it is expensive.

The main bandura on the pass to the Nairobi National Park. All the men here are afraid of her. and everyone is giving her money. Managed to get to know her. She tried to cheat me out of money.

Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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