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Travel Blogs from Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara
... I was back to my old self! Hallelujah. Unfortunately, as the day progressed, another member of our group began having similar symptoms of the Mao Mao Revenge so it was not a comfortable ride for her. I can vouch for that.
It was a long day trip, approximately 240 miles. Most of it was on pavement, but with about 106 kilometer from our destination we got onto one of the most bumpy, rocky, wash boardy roads I have even been on. It ended up we were on this road for over ...
Good bye kicheche
We only had a half day left with kicheche. I decided to do a walking safari and the rest of the crew went on another game drive. They drove back over to leopards gorge to see the lion cubs. There were two lionesses with the cubs. There was also a leopard in a tree right above them. Apparently there was lots of drama with everyone afraid the leopard was going to eat the lion cubs. On my walk we talked about the small five: the elephant shrew, ...
Day 15-17- Masai Mara
... all day game drive and visit to a local Maasai village. The highlight of the day was watching a male and female lion mate in the tall savanna grass. We also saw another lone male lion taking a afternoon nap. After lunch at the Mara River, Nancy and I headed out to a local Maasai village to take a tour. We were greeted by about a dozen Maasai warriors who were wearing bright red robes with multicolored beaded necklaces ...
Eye to Eye with Two Rare White Rhinos
... rice and locally grown vegetables. I even made a brief stop at the salad bar. Dessert consisted of fresh fruit, pies, cakes, custards and many, many more. We were stuffed.
After lunch it was walk or die. We waddled over to the hippo viewing area where at least 60 hippos of every size, shape and gender were basking in the muddy water of the Mara River. The name hippopotamus comes from Greek meaning "water horse". Clearly, the Greeks never ...
Simbas pride
... must be 20 during the great migration and how do they manage to hunt in that?
As if it was orchestrated the day ended with the most beautiful sunset. You could almost hear "Circle of life playing" This trip has been amazing. Just when you think it is over Nicholas announces that a Rhino has been spotted. We head up the into the hills trying to get one look of it. If we see a rhino we would have seen all of the big 5 ...
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