Hell's Gate National Park

Last Saturday
the Holts
and we visited
Hell's Gate
National Park.
It was a gloomy
day but we were
soon enjoying
spectacular
looming stone
cliffs and
formations.




Our first stop was at Fischer's Tower, a volcanic plug.


















At the second stop, Jim left us and climbed to the top
of the hill below.


































I climbed a little way up and found amazing
formations like this:






















As we drove through
the park zebras,
hartebeests, and
wart-hogs showed
us what a fantastic
place they have to live.






"Why is such a beautiful place called 'Hell's Gate'?" you
ask. It is because of the natural geysers which are
throughout the park. Kenya gets 1/3 of its electricity
from them.



We asked our driver to take us to a nice place for lunch.
He stopped at Elsamere, the former home of Joy Adamson, author of
Born Free. We dined on delicious food and sat in the front yard
looking out over Lake Naivasha.


We concluded that the day was more like a part of heaven than a part of hell!