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Travelling Kenya…Masai Mara to the Coast, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Travelling Kenya…Masai Mara to the Coast

A travel blog entry by emma_ward

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Travelling Kenya…from the Masai Mara to the Coast After finishing with VegPro, I spent Christmas, New Year and into January travelling around Kenya. Christmas itself was spent in the world famous Masai Mara. It was fantastic staying in an open camp ...

The Masai Mara Safari and Warriors!, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya travel blog

The Masai Mara Safari and Warriors!

A travel blog entry by rachemurphy

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... were just lying around.. have sum class picts to put up!! They're so so cool to see in real life thou!! :-) Also had a visit with Masai Mara people.. Mental place they live in.. houses are made of cow dung!! And yea u can smell it as you walk in!! And ...

We saw the Big Five!, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

We saw the Big Five!

A travel blog entry by saktophe

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Wow, safaris are amazing! We saw tons of animals – herds of buffalo, impalas, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, ostrichs, zebras, lions, cheetahs, hippos, crocodiles, vultures, baboons, etc. Seeing all those animals co-existing together in their ...

Kenya: Safari Phase I, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Kenya: Safari Phase I

A travel blog entry by lauraaradi

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We began our game driving in Kenya, visiting Lake Nakuru National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve.   Game driving involves long hours in the truck.  There are no toilet stops unless it is an emergency, and even then, stops must be ...

It DOESN'T get better than this..., Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

It DOESN'T get better than this...

A travel blog entry by longwayaround

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We have just spent 3 unbelievable days exploring Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve. At night we camped on the edge of the park which gave us a taste of life for the next 43 days. We were relived to arrive at our first camp site as was not easy sitting or ...

Magnificent Majestic Massive MASAI MARA,  Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Magnificent Majestic Massive MASAI MARA

A travel blog entry by bruceontour

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... expanse goes on forever with no fences to stop the animals migrating between Serengeti National Park in neighbouring Tanzania and the Masai Mara in Kenya. We spent 2 nights in an established tent safari camp. No power except for 3 hours at night for ...

It is not a discovery channel, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

It is not a discovery channel

A travel blog entry by shoeinmissin

... - what a food for soul. I don't want to go to zoo.  keeping the animals behind the bars... After adventurous day Masai village was proposed. Of course, for a certain fee to rip off white mzungus. Even now I am thinking, whether it was ...

So Much For Guards, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

So Much For Guards

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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... to show us how to throw it. However, on his first throw the spear broke, and the arrow head came off. "Ah yes", said the Masai. "It's broken." Half the group were up at 5am for the optional hot air balloon ride, while the rest of us slept in until the ...

Masai Mara, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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... go everywhere. Finally the track disappeared all together, and Noah bumped the truck across the paddocks and over the hills till a Masai village appeared out of nowhere. Presumably they had mobile phones and were expecting us, as they were dressed in ...

Masia Mara, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Masia Mara

A travel blog entry by kellytho

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... fought our way through the gates we were finally in the Masai Mara!! It was a really good game drive...lovely setting...Masai Mara meaning 'Ocean of hills and valleys.' We saw ellies, wilder beast, gazelle, hyena, buck, lion...and right as we were ...

Masai Mara - Rain, mud and animals, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara - Rain, mud and animals

A travel blog entry by scapell

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Masai, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Masai

A travel blog entry by shoeinmissin

Susan's friend has organized us 3 days safari to Masai Mara. Fairly cheap in comparison (200£pp), as we were not ready to pay astro-costing tours. Only one question has not found its place - when to go: this weak or next ones when supposingly wilderbeast ...

Where Are The Leopards?, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

Where Are The Leopards?

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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Mandy was up bright and early for a 6am departure on yet another game drive, but I opted for a sleep in and a leisurely breakfast before the rabble got back about 11. They had managed to add Cheetah to the list of animals we've seen, but it was pretty ...

Masai Mara National Park, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara National Park

A travel blog entry by kearnejo

... fun, camping in the park was great, got to hear the hyenas at night which got pretty close during the night. Met some good people but at the end of the trip we were all going separate ways. Off to the coast for me on a Kenya Railways overnight ...

The Big 5!, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

The Big 5!

A travel blog entry by thebarretts

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... what was going on. After they loaded their backpacks onto the truck, we got onto three matutu’s (minivans) for our safari to the Masai Mara. The trip to the Mara was pretty good for the first part, even though we were on the oldest road in Kenya ...

17. Tag -

17. Tag - "Big 5"

A travel blog entry by isak11

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Jambo :D Der 17. Tag, also der 2. August 2011 began für einige schon ziemlich früh. Um genau zu sein haben etwa 10 Personen die Nacht durchgemacht, oder zumindest bis ca. um 1e, denn wir hatten ein Geburtstagskind. Nun ja ein Kind kann man ihn ...

16. Tag - Massai Mara, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

16. Tag - Massai Mara

A travel blog entry by isak11

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... und dadurch zwischen den Sträuchern und Bäumen  untergingen. Kurz darauf erlebten wir unseren ersten Sonnenaufgang in der Massai Mara: Die schöne Landschaft und die Tierherden im Vordergrund. Jetzt, da es hell war, erkannten wir einige Topis und ...

The migration, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

The migration

A travel blog entry by hdh

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... proclaimed that the road had been improved using petrol tax levies; Kenyans (who actually pay petrol tax levies) rarely travel to Masai Mara. About 200m after the sign, the road "improved" from bad seal to pot-holed gravel and billowing dust. The ...

15. Tag - Riverside Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

15. Tag - Riverside Camp

A travel blog entry by isak11

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... 'tzungskraft. Dennoch schafften wir es diesmal wirklich rechtzeitig um 7.00 Uhr zu starten und von Kisii aus in Richtung Massai Mara zu fahren. Unsere Busfahrt war mit einer reinen Fahrzeit von etwa 9 Stunden angekündigt. Dabei kann man sich vorstellen, ...

Masai Mara, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara

A travel blog entry by calvin.latha

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... here.  Benedict, our driver and guide picked us up early in the morning from Nairobi, and we were off to the famous Masai Mara National Park.  We stopped in the Great Rift Valley on the way (they always add "Great", and after seeing the views ...

Masai Mara National Reserve, Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara National Reserve

A travel blog entry by phileus_fogg

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... 5 because of the dangers they pose to humans)and every other animal. I started my trip with a little 3 day/2 night excursion to the Masai Mara National Reserve. I was on my safari with 2 Brits (John and Laura), 2 Aussies (Annette and Jess) and our Kenyan ...

Facing Fears on Safari, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Facing Fears on Safari

A travel blog entry by jenila

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Friday was the last day with the children. So depressing. The past couple days were spent at Masai Mara National Reserve. I killed a spider in the van the other day can you believe it? I also woke up one morning and there were two huge mosquitoes and one ...

In which I don't see a leopard, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

In which I don't see a leopard

A travel blog entry by ricki958

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... snorting and grunting and 'neighing’ quite loudly.  We stayed there for about two hours I think. From there we went to a Masai village for a visit which cost us 1,000 schillings each and wasn’t as exciting for me as it was for the others; ...

Chez la tribu Masai..., Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Chez la tribu Masai...

A travel blog entry by chapdeluc

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Safari tôt le matin, safari en fin PM. Voilà comment se déroule mes journées. Des lions par dizaines, des éléphants, des girafes, des zèbres et un léopard. Le soir, autour du feu du camp, les guerriers Massai se réunissent avec nous, et notre ...

Game drive :), Masai Mara, Kenya travel blog

Game drive :)

A travel blog entry by asthebirdflies

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... meeting revealed a great mix of nationalities and ages....excitement was high :) We set off early the next morning for the Masai mara and arrived in our campsite late that evening where we got an upgrade to furnished tents.....pure luxury! The group ...

Day 10, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Day 10

A travel blog entry by safariking

After breakfast, depart for the world famed Masai Mara Game Reserve, An extension of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Lunch at your lodge before embarking on an afternoon game drive to explore this magnificent Reserve with its' abundant species of ...

Heli and Manu on Safari, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Heli and Manu on Safari

A travel blog entry by helman

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... lions, elephants, giraffs, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, zebras, gazellas, antilopes, gnus, wildebeasts, different birds, a turtle etc. The Masai Mara was the first park we went to and from a landscape point of view it was not too thrilling, but ...

Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara National Game Reserve

A travel blog entry by dmasson

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23 May 2011 Masai Mara National Game Reserve After breakfast, drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same ...

Safari! Masai Mara 3 days. Lake Nakuru 1 day, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Safari! Masai Mara 3 days. Lake Nakuru 1 day

A travel blog entry by jlidgett

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... a variety of animal..), buffalo, zebras (x5000), wildebeast (x50000, no exaggeration, it was the wildebeast migration from Serengetti-Masai Mara, one of the 7 'wonders of the world), elephants, giraffes, cheetah, hippos in Masai Mara (where we were for ...

Masai Mara, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya travel blog

Masai Mara

A travel blog entry by rachandnick

... Nairobi city centre to pick up 5 new people. Left the truck here and got in to Mathatus (little minibuses) to drive to the Masai Mara. We didnt take tents as staying in a tented campsite, with beds toilets and showers out the back. Luxury! Did an evening ...

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