Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Travel Blogs

Erin sees her buffalo
Aug 3, 2008 (21 photos)

... nbsp; It was pretty cool.  After some time spent with our buffalo herd, we turned around and said goodbye to the Mara.  After breakfast we began the long drive back to Nairobi. Going on safari was an amazing experience and I'm really glad ...

The Wildebeest Migration
Aug 2, 2008 (85 photos)

... stop at the border.  There's a sort of pyramidal stone in the middle of nowhere that denotes the border between Kenya and Tanzania, Maasai Mara and Serengeti.  Its plinth is a couple feet above the ground, and Dixon told us that that's where the ...

Four of the Big Five
Aug 1, 2008 (46 photos)

... room to spread out, and the van was pretty comfortable in any case. If I haven't mentioned this already, the roads in Kenya are horrible.  This road was no exception.  They are unpaved and full of potholes.  We passed two trailer trucks ...

Great African Trek Week 6
Sep 28, 2009 (42 photos)

... will separate away from the main continent at this point. We drove for the rest of the afternoon to get to the Masai Mara National Park. We set up camp which lucky for us did not include putting up tents since they had permanent tents there with actual ...

The Masai Mara
Jul 29, 2008 (4 photos)

... off to the Masai Mara. After a long drive, we spent a couple of hours in the afternoon doing a game drive through the Masai Mara.  It wasn't the most successfull of game drives, we didn't see a huge amount.  The highlight was most definately ...

safari day 2
Aug 27, 2008 (10 photos)

more animals.....

Safari!
Mar 26, 2009 (30 photos)

... late) and I have just enough time to catch a taxi to Wilson Airport for my flight. The Masai Mara National Reserve is located in Western Kenya and borders on the Tanzanian Serengeti. Flew into Ngerende airstrip (after three other stops within the park at ...

Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
Oct 15, 2008 (20 photos)

We left Nairobi for our Masai Mara Game Reserve Safari at 8am on Friday.  It was only supposed to be the two of us.  At the last minute, a British guy named Loren showed up after an all-night bus from Uganda and was hoping to join ...

18/07/09
Jul 18, 2009

... and I have been told have made a couple or records. Well they all decided to take the long way and drive for 8 hours to Masai Mara in the purpose of immersing themselves into the culture. Good luck with that. So when the time came we embarked on the plane ...

The Great Migration (Walk This Way)
Aug 28, 2009 (6 photos)

... the Masai community and cattle are considered sacred as they believe that cows are a gift from God.     The Masai Mara Game Reserve was established in 1961. It is located 275 km. (171 mi.) southwest of Nairobi and covers 1800 sq. km. ( ...

safari day 3
Aug 28, 2008 (5 photos)

and more.....

Big Five...BIG FUN!!!!
Sep 3, 2009 (1 photos)

... with us in our safari jeep everyday and we ate most dinners with them at night. We tried some new drinks in Kenya....Kenya Gold (coffee liqueur), Amarilla (fruit creme liquor), Rock Shandy (spelling maybe wrong...but this is soda water, bitters and lime ...

Masai Mara Village
Feb 19, 2008 (2 photos)

We visited a Masai village.  We toured the living quarters of the Chief's son, named Wilson.  He is a very bright and educated young man.  We were only allowed to visit with them for 30 minutes at a cost of $20.  They are very smart ...

Safari
Feb 18, 2008 (2 photos)

I would have never thought that one day I would be going on a safari in Kenya.  I have watched documentaries of safaris and never dreamed of watching lions walk up and down the road.  I am use to seeing dogs do that.  This is an awesome ...

Send your Love Seed now...
Jul 27, 2009 (1 photos)

... to let him know they are crashing his place (now I know where the sock on the door knob evolved from). We ended the Masai Mara with everyone happy that they had seen the migration from the Serengeti and happy with the animals we saw. Now I am off to ...

19/07/09
Jul 19, 2009

... a cup of tea. It was all much civilised. In the afternoon we went over the hill behind the camp to a greener part of the Mara and while we were watching out for leopard we manage to find another couple of courting lions. It was one of the best evening ...

20/07/09
Jul 20, 2009

On the way to the morning drive we found a den of hyenas and spent quite a bit of time with them, we were so close that we nearly could touch them and they look cute when they are not showing their teeth. We then headed toward the river for breakfast ...

This is THE place
Jul 27, 2009 (28 photos)

Monday 27th July. Up at 6am and packed on the road by 7am we headed south west to the Maasai Mara area where the national park lies on the edge of the Maasai village of Talek. The park is bordered by the Talek River and there are no fences just natural ...

Masai Mara National Park
Apr 11, 2009 (18 photos)

... just over one week now, a few days in Nairobi, the capital, then I took a 4 day camping safari in the Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Parks, and now I'm back in Nairobi again.  Nairobi has a population of about 4 million and is considered the ...

21/07/09
Jul 21, 2009

As the "hunter family" took a hot air balloon ride we went out and before we stopped for breakfast we seen lions, cheetahs with its cubs and the all elusive leopard. It was interesting to note that as they are really hard to spot it was a queue to watch ...

22/07/09
Jul 22, 2009

Game drive with Kirin as it was nothing happening this morning, yes; apparently some days are like this. So, as I was saying nothing was happening much so after breakfast, nice by the river, I must say it is all very pleasant. So, out of desperation we ...

My Maasai Mara Mission
Dec 12, 2008 (61 photos)

... village tour Having been spoilt with the likes of indigenous shows in America, Canada, Australia, and even the Bomas show in Kenya, I had heard that this tour would include dancing, learning to dance with them, getting dressed up and painted like them and ...

Wildbeest Migration
Aug 17, 2009 (16 photos)

... de la chance, je l ai vu en faisant une seule journee de safari organie par moi meme. Je me suis rendu un petit village masai en bordure du parc et j ai loue un guide la voiture paye l admission et c est parti pour une journee safari (les agences essayent ...

safari day 1
Aug 26, 2008 (10 photos)

we got to nairobi last night, at the aiport we booked our safari trip and today we're leaving for 3 days to Masai Mara National Park....

Masai Mara Game Reserve
Feb 11, 2009 (36 photos)

We spent 3 days in Masai Mara National Reserve.  Masai Mara is the most popular park in Kenya.  It is the northern end of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.  All the big 5 animals are there (Leopards, Lions, Elephants, Hippo, Rhino).  ...

On Safari
May 8, 2005 (11 photos)

... lizards! The only thing we were unable to see was the rhino... there are only three living on the entire reserve at this time. We also went to a Masai village, just us, to meet the locals... the only ones that speak English are the younger (less than 30 ...

Masai Mara
Aug 10, 2008

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Masai Mara 2 day Safari
Jun 8, 2008 (44 photos)

... he spotted them as they are so well camouflaged but we're glad he did.  Unlike the other parks we were to visit the Masai Mara isn't that regulated on where you can drive so our driver headed off road and into the grass to get a closer look.  ...

7 Lions Kill Wildebeest In Front Of Our Car
Aug 26, 2005 (14 photos)

... Migration that you may have seen on TV at some point where 3.5 million Wildebeest move from the Serengeti, Tanzania up into Masai Mara, Kenya each year. So, we called around and found a fantastic last minute deal on a safari and headed out a day later. ...

Safari in the Mara
May 10, 2008 (10 photos)

... just what we would need while "in the bush." We took a taxi to Wilson Airport, the domestic airport for Kenya, and checked in for our flight to the Mara. The flight, in a single-engine, 14-seat Cessna Caravan left at 10:00. There were only 6 passengers on ...