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Masai Mara National Reserve Slideshow
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Masai Mara National Reserve
Travel Blogs from Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Big Five
This is a top pick! Thursday morning I was up bright and early for my adventure to the Masai Mara National Park. Eventually my safari vehicle picked me up right outside the apartments gate (good service) and I was off. We had a good group going, it was myself and two couples ...
Erin sees her buffalo
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Pajero Shenanigans by Peggy
This is a top pick! ... we were all on the wrong side of the bed! We stopped bickering long enough to get into the vehicles and head for Masai Mara National park. Tristan, Roman, Fabyan and I were in the Pajero (Tristan’s and my vehicle) in complete and awkward silence. I ...
En route to Masai Mara
This is a top pick! ... the tires and all that, one hour had already passed. It took us another 5h to do about 220kms to get to Masai Mara reserve...I have never seen such poor roads... about 80kms of pure potholes, washboards and everything in between. People here say that the ...
Masai Mara safari
This is a top pick! ... time I get there, they disperse, no doubt knowing it is getting late for loud voices! ... hum! Corinne **** 18 août après-midi, Masai Mara Safari Bien que nous avions lu sur la migration des gnous, il est difficile de l'imaginer jusqu'à ce que nous en ...
Four of the Big Five
This is a top pick! ... we didn't exactly have a lot of cash to spare. There were other issues as well. It was apparently high season in Kenya and Tanzania, and we would need to find at least a couple more people to make a safari cost effective. We would probably ...
Masai Mara, resting day
This is a top pick! ... ... so, hopefully, be aware Well Aware to leave some money for years to come to check on projects! Corinne 20 août Masai Mara Jour de repos Après 13h de piste hier, aujourd'hui est un jour de repos ... nous nous levons quand ...
Masai Mara whole day safari
This is a top pick! ... indeed... why can’t I be an “easy sleepy, happy go lucky” type of girlie??!! Corinne ******* 19 août Masai Mara Journée entière de safari "Où est la carte, Maman?? Nous nous retrouverons quelque part plus tard; un ...
Great African Trek Week 6
... Africa 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 ...
The Masai Mara
... 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 ...
The Masai Mara
... for a 6:30am departure into downtown Nairobi. We were to meet the newbies before loading into minivans for the 1/2 day to the Masai Mara. Shashe would stay in Nairobi for this one - the roads were horrendous! At first glance, seeing the entire ...
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
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
... 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 ...
Sunrise/Sunset
... an easy thing to do!) It's all so foreign and beautiful. The people are SO nice and helpful. I keep thinking of the Masai people living right outside my door in mud huts. I would be miserable but they are genuinely happy. They have ...
Lions, zebras and Masai-oh my!
... to a doctor who made one up for him. He could guess his birth year based on the death of the first president of Kenya. He wore his traditional clothes in New York. He went to school through 8th grade and his kids go to school. It ...
First safari
... to go to them all. And with a few months in Africa, I don't even have to do it here in Kenya. What makes me chose Masai Mara is the annual wildebeest migration, where hundred thousands of these animals run across the plain and river on their way back to ...
The Great Migration (Walk This Way)
... 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. ...
Nairobi to Masai Mara
Day 40 We woke at first light in order to make progress to our first game park of the trip, the Masai Mara. On our Nairobi host, Chris' advice we took the escarpment road down which gave us some spectacular views of the plains over an almost sheer drop ...
Leopards, cheetahs and the balloon flight
... I'll blame my poor hygiene on this occasion. So no bike riding for me. From Naivasha it was a late start and late finish to get to Masai Mara National Park and it was not easy as I was a bit ill, I was not the only one but it made for a long day. I ...
Game drive during the annual migration
... a last minute safari, we headed out of town for the Masai Mara National Reserve with our new friends - The Safarians! The Masai Mara National Reserve is massive game reserve in south-western Kenya. Joining us on this our three day safari were one ...
Game Drives at Maasai Mara National Reserve
We arrive at Masai Mara National Park around 230 with a few of us still feeling the effects of the night before. Sucked it up tho, cause it was time for another game drive - my goal here being a leopard, a cheetah, some elephants, and more ...
Safari!
... 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 ...
All-Day Game Drive part 2
... and watching a feeding of a large group of hyenas...the highlight being watching a small house cat stroll out there and scare away the hyenas! Tomorrow brings our last game drive in the Masai Mara before we head for the airport and Saudi Arabia. ...
Big Five...BIG FUN!!!!
... were 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 ...
Masai Mara Village
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
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 ...