Mara Triangle Masai Mara National Reserve

Shortly after arriving to Kenya and getting to Rusinga Island where I ended up volunteering for 3 weeks, I went on a real safari. I had a couple days to gather myself in Rusinga and attempt to start feeling better after the food poisoning I had got in Cairo. But how could someone not be incredibly excited to see the Lion King come to life? The park …

... road to see them, a rule we took full advantage of. After a rather hair raising river crossing we set our sights on the Mara Triangle. This is the place where the wildebeest herds cross the Mara River and we had planned our trip to the Mara to coincide ...

... visit there. Driving the 278kms from Nairobi to my hotel was both exciting and tough - the hotel I stayed at is in the Mara Triangle by the Mara River and about as far from the entrance gate as you can drive!  Part of the road is just sand, mud ...

... yellow and the herds continue north. After crossing the Grumeti River in Tanzania the wildebeest and zebra head to Kenya's Lamai Wedge and the Mara Triangle. Before they get to the lush plains of the Mara, they have to make another river crossing. This ...