CYCLE WITH THE RHINO 2009

Hahaha, in my own perspective having participated in this event three times, its very adventurous. In other words its full of sweet risk, scorching heat, and it requires enormous courage on-the-inside to brush shoulders with charging buffaloes, investigative lions, and you never know when the rhino will give you company. You have to be physically fit my friend for the event!

Left, myself pushing the peddle in the Cycle with the Rhino race last 2008 in Lake Nakuru National Park. Out of over fifty cyclists, managed 12th position. Previous year 2007 was 19.

All the same cycle with the Rhino 2009 is a spectacular adrenaline packed unique event that is held at the Lake Nakuru National Park where you get to cycle viewing wild animals. The race is organised in collaboration with Lake Nakuru Park Action Committee and Nakuru town Business community.

Lake Nakuru National Park is known as the “Jewel of Kenya’s National Parks”, it’s renowned to be a Bird watcher’s paradise famous for over a million flamingos, very successful rhino sanctuary and a Ramsar site. The park also boasts of hosting over 300 species of plants, 450 species of birds and 50 species of mammals. Over the years there are various challenges facing the existence of the parks ranging from wild fires, human wildlife conflict, deforestation, and competition for water resources.

The essence of this event is to support the government conserve this jewel, Lake Nakuru National Park.

According to the sponsors, the proceeds of this year’s event shall go towards community projects around Lake Nakuru National Park supporting the human wildlife conflict, tree planting and awareness creation on resource management, and Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Trust.

This event will be held on Saturday September 19, 2009. For more details on the event cycle here.

Right, after the race.