Mara Buffalo Camp

... it was our first trip here. The wildlife is spectacular. We managed to see all of the Big Five (Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cape Buffalo and Rhino) plus lots of cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, ostriches...the works! I even got to hold a baby leopard, abandoned by ...

... Thompson's Gazelle's (we call them Tommy's, in the fashion of Hemingway and the old white hunter's), Impala, Giraffes, Cape Buffalo (Buffs), Zebra, elephants, some very sleepy lions, wildebeest, warthogs, and a cheetah all that first night.  ...

... The Masia Mara, at this time of year, is overflowing with wildlife. There were wandering buffalo munching the grass on the hillside, elephant outside our camp eating trees, warthogs inside the camp eating everything, monkeys in the trees, colourful ...

... no fences to stop the animals migrating between Serengeti National Park in neighbouring Tanzania and the Masai Mara in Kenya. Spent 2 nights in an established tent safari camp - no power except for 3 hours at night for the lights - hot water heated ...

... 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 it would be a brave lioness who took on a fully grown ...

... seat by the driver and the lions were no more than 10 metres away. They walked by me not once but twice stalking a lone water buffalo. I don't think they got it as we waited for an hour while I was captivated by the hundreds of water buffalo eating in a ...

... a bit behind from the wait outside of Naivasha waiting on Georgette to arrive we went straight to the park. Right away we seen buffalo and wilderbeest and impalas which look like small deer. Then we came across a family of elepants in the far bushes..|The ...

... today thou coz internet too slow etc etc!!! To summarise (coz cant write much time wise), saw all the antelope etc gazelles, buffalo, cheetaghs, lions (nice pride of them!!), hyenas, eh... monkeys / baboons or sumthn to that effect.. rhinos! Uhm... a few ...

... Thompson’s gazelle, impala, topi, a pair of dik diks (the smallest antelopes), hartebeests, warthogs and wildebeests -  several buffalo (the Big 5 I’d already seen in Nakuru), -  elephants (2nd of the big 5), -  1 ostrich, ...

... of these here: lion, elephant, cheetah, wildebeest, warthog, meercat, giraffe, zebra, gazelles, elands, jackal, hyena, waterbuck, buffalo, rhino, hippo, many birds - lilac breasted roller, secretary bird, ostrich, black headed heron So much more to ...

... looking forward to some proper wild camping. We were not to be disappointed as we were immediately greeted by 5 buffalo that stood watching us set up camp. Later that night they edged closer and closer to eat the grass directly behind our tents which was ...

Olonana Camp - Masai Mara Safari – Feb 12th -15th "Jambo, Jambo". From the friendly, almost tame giraffes of Giraffe Manor to the wilds of the huge Masai Mara which stretches for 1500 sq kms, from Nairobi to the Serengeti (the Serengeti is 10 ...

... a wind sock off to one side, and a sign identifying the strip by name; there are no buildings.   Julius, a driver from the Royal Mara camp was there to meet us in a Toyota Land Cruiser. He was to be our driver and guide during our stay. We drove ...

... , Hyena, Jackal, Eland, Crocodile and many various birds. We were fortunate to see 3 of the big 5 (Buffalo, Elephant, and Lion) in the Mara. At sunset the impressive herds of Wildebeest, Zebras and Elephants were breathtaking. Our bush camp was a taste ...

... . The driver claims he saw a male lion but when he got close it disappeared in the grass. Then we proceeded west toward Serena Mara Camp. En route saw herds of elephants in the distance. As we were closing in on Mara Bridge we were hailed by a forest ...

... Rugby World Cup match, quite an unexpected treat in the middle of Africa. We arrived at our permanent tented camp on the outskirts of the Masai Mara National Reserve late in the afternoon. Beds with mattresses, sheets, blankets and mosquito nets, and an ...

... birds!!!! But when they took flight in random groups it more than made up for the stench. Next we visited some herds of Buffalo, Zebra, and Impala that were grazing by the Lake shore.. We hadn't seen any buffalo in the Masai and very few Zebras so ...

... travelling around Kenya. Christmas itself was spent in the world famous Masai Mara. It was fantastic staying in an open camp right on the Mara River with nightly visits from hippos and water buffalos. The game drives were excellent – the camp was ...

... were huge.  We also saw a couple of crocodiles.  And just as we were leaving the park we spotted a couple of buffalo - our third of the big five - we were just missing the leopards and rhinos.  We were driving for eight ...

... dirt track - so we had an introduction to the African Massage.  After another couple of hours we arrived at our camp in the Masai Mara.  We were pleased to see that we were having a gentle introduction to this camping lark as our tents had beds ...

... to get close, but we did. At the end of 3 safaris, I have seen the "Big Five" ... I do not have a photo of the Buffalo because they were two far away in some dense grass. However, I hope to capture them on photo in the Serengeti. I have seen BOTH the ...