Loldia House is part of the Governors Group, located on the shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya.


July and early August brought dry weather and a chilly start to the day with early morning temperatures of as low as 17 degrees centigrade but by mid day temperatures had warmed to between 28 and 30 degrees centigrade with a mild north easterly wind blowing in the afternoons.



With no rain falling since June the grasslands on the ranch are drying out and the lake level has been dropping forcing the Hippos to move into the deep waters of Lake Naivasha. There has been lots of animal traffic around the shores of the lake with big herds of waterbuck, eland, zebra and buffalo all grazing along the shoreline.



Birdlife has also been good with nice numbers of white/pink pelicans, terns, spoonbills and gulls being seen in the early mornings from the breakfast table. We have also had big flocks of wattled starlings feeding on the fruiting fig trees in front of the house.



We have had some lovely night game drives with leopard, hippo, Spring hares, Dik Dik, bushbuck, bat eared foxes, jackals and the Genet cats all making an appearance.



Lake Nakuru National Park



Throughout the month large numbers of flamingoes have been seen all around the lake but the number of Pelicans has gone down. The Park is currently home to lots of White Rhinos and the females are currently nursing their young.



The old black Rhino that had disappeared last month has made a re-appearance has relocated to the Croton bushes near the Park's main gate.
The park is home to big herds of buffalo, impala, waterbuck, Grants and Thomson Gazelles, large troops of baboon and prides of lion.