Today, we left Embu soon after 8:30 am and traveled about 2.5 hours to the Aberdare Country Club in Nyeri County, stopping to pay entrance fees for the Aberdare National Park first. At the Aberdare Country Club, we went with a naturalist guide to the game sanctuary that is on the property and saw wart hogs, giraffes, elands, olive baboons, and zebras.
After the walk in the game sanctuary, we had a delicious lunch and enjoyed the flowers on the grounds of the Aberdare Country Club.
We then got on a bus that took us into the Aberdare National Park to The Ark Lodge. On the way to The Ark, we saw some Cape Buffalo.
At The Ark, we sat on the viewing decks and saw many different kinds of birds, giant forest hogs, Cape buffalo, elephants, bush babies, and hyenas.
At The Ark, we had a talk by one of the staff members about the history of The Ark and the animals in the area. We had a good dinner and enjoyed drinking tea and coffee into the evening while watching animals. Then we retired to our rooms for the night.