Kenya and Tanzania -- Oct 2012 -- Part I of III

For much of this day (after entering Tanzania) we had been driving thru the Great RIft Valley (the Maasai village had been in that valley and the park is also in that valley). This lodge, however, is on a ridge that forms the western wall of the valley.

This lodge was different than most (of those we stayed at) in that it was not in the national park. Instead it was on a ridge overlooking the great rift valley. It overlooked the park (and a lot of land not in the park).

The park seemed relatively small. This was probably because much of the park area is the lake itself -- or, at this time of year (end of dry season) the dry, or semi-dry, lake bed.

Several of these "lodge" photos were taken the next day. They have been grouped here to try to keep the "story" from jerking around.