Elephant Pepper Camp Masai Mara National Reserve

In the bush, Each and every species of animals
have been found to have its own social organization. While some like
the wildebeest would like to live in big herds, others like taking
their time alone leading solitary lives. However, the zebras and
elephants live in stable family groups and respect and maintain their
ties. Sometimes in this environment where survival is always for the
fittest, several herbivores come together to form one big herd of mixed
families ...

... started to see Thompson’s gazelle, zebra, Tooki’s (a type of antelope) and small herds of wildebeest who due to their age had not joined in the great migration to Tanzania that has pretty much finished now.

We then travelled on deeper into the Mara and as we drove along the edge of a small river we soon spotted a lioness lying on a mound. There were some buffalo across the other side of the river she may have been watching but ...

... male) and the women too.

Once we had been around and just before leaving, we had to look in their 'shop’ which was a small enclosure where they had all sorts of souvenirs from carved wooden animals to jewellery. Laurie and I managed to get around and avoid being sold anything (they were quite pushy sales people and their starting prices were quite remarkable shall we say). We went to wait with another couple who had also escaped with their wallets in ...

... the way back. Returned to the lodge for an early dinner and went to sleep by 2100hrs, only to be woken up by a hippo grunting outside our room. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp. ( 275km , 6 hours drive ) Room Number 34 16 MAY: MASAI MARA Left at 0630 hrs for morning safari. Started the morning by heading south of the Keekorok Airstrip and came across a pride of 3 males and one female lions sitting by the ...

... their picture and showed them on the screen. Before I knew it, there were about a dozen small children around me asking me to take their picture so they could see themselves. The whole thing was quite fun and if time allows I will try to visit another school when I am in Tanzania. The pace of this trip is a rather relaxed one. For most of the afternoon we are free to relax. As I am sitting here writing this, there are ...

... earlier. Don was still out, so I just found the thermometer we always keep with us and was disappointed at the reading of 101.2. Being the baby I am, I just threw on more clothes and crawled into bed, and piteously wailed Don's name every few minutes. When he finally returned, and checked my temp again it was up to 102.5 - not good. Even with the help of some drugs it was a hard night, as every muscle ached, and my constant chills kept me shaking and ...

... the day had managed to find another van and they also caught up with us. We now got a closer look at their driver who was called Bananas and he was the comedy driver in the Masai. The weather was quite grey and it had obviously rained earlier in the day. Bananas decided to take a short cut out of the grass and in trying to cross some rather deep tyre tracks got himself stuck for the first of any times over the next two days. The other drivers got out to help ...

... The scenery is amazing, just endless. And as we drove out of the park, we saw the most incredible sunset over the plains - just what you imagine Africa to look like. We arrived back at the camp just in time for dinner, a lovely meal of soup and beef stew with rice and potatos. Then the 6 of us decided to join the Masais around the campfire. Cassie and Rick had bought marshmallows so we toasted them with the Masais (who ...

... genitals and was eating away at him. The 4 others were chewing at the back and you were able to see the piece of meat as they were pulling their face away from the body. The last one was chewing away at the right hand front leg. The sound of the bones resounding in my ears even now. This overall scene was made more horrifying by the sound of the buffalo battling away in pain. The lions every so often would pushed away by a kick of a leg or the buffalo moving slightly as he tried ...

... het wisten,
stonden ze midden op de onverharde weg te paren! Nou, ik had echt nooit
gedacht dat een keer in het echt te zien.
En in een nog spannendere gebeurtenis speelde ook een leeuw de hoofdrol.
Dit waren weer andere leeuwen op een ander moment. Twee jonge mannetjes
lagen te puffen onder wat bosjes. Eentje werd geplaagd door vliegen op
zijn gezicht, in zijn ogen en oren. Je zag duidelijk dat ...