Our last day on the Mara, and for Mum and I, also the last day of our safari. In order to make the best use of the light, we set off from camp a little earlier this morning, so that we could get into the park as soon as it opened. We drove down to…
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Our second full day on the Mara started out with a pair of Grant gazelles locking horns, just inside the park boundaries. We also had a lovely view of the sunrise hot air balloon rides… so much more fun to be in one, though! A new bird sighting, in the form of a pair of…
The Maasai Mara certainly lived up to its big cat reputation today. After driving around for a couple of hours, and taking in the zebra, impala and giraffes, we were called by the other vehicle to a cheetah sighting. Four cheetah – three males and a female, snoozing by a small waterhole. They were very…
On the road again early this morning. We arrived at the airport at about 6.30 where we met up with Chris, wildlife photographer and our tour leader, and met another of the participants. We had a bit of a wait for the rest of the group – Arie arrived in from Amsterdam on time just…