Any safari is particular, however this one was extraordinary. We’ve been to Africa ten instances, and seen so much, however our safari in Kenya’s Masai Mara was mind-blowing. I hope my photos give an concept of how extraordinary our sightings had been. Listed here are my normal feedback on the journey.
Logistics: Seamless.
Our Journey Chief Felix: An excellent information, a genius with automobile place, nice firm, and LUCKY. One afternoon within the Mara Triangle, he acquired the vibe that rhinos had been about, acknowledged the voice of a person on the radio that he’d labored with, known as him on his cell, and acquired the situation. We arrived in time to have the very best place as three black rhinos emerged from the thick bush and walked proper in entrance of our automobile.
After which there have been instances once we simply noticed somebody driving like heck, and discreetly, however quickly adopted. These events typically concerned quite a lot of autos, however Felix was fabulous at discovering simply the correct place. One morning, we had been “sharing” a leopard embedded in thick shrubs, however Felix managed to place us in a spot (first strive) the place we may see her via home windows between the tree trunks; extra to the purpose, he prompt we wait till 9:30 to see if she emerged and crossed the gully to the place her kill was seen, hanging in a tree. At 9:29, she did, walked proper in entrance of our automobile, and posed for a number of the finest leopard pictures we’ve ever taken. ‘Nuff stated.
Sightings: WOW! What quite a lot of “firsts” and “bests” we racked up. Not simply new animals and birds, but in addition new behaviors to watch, together with a warthog consuming meat (a primary even for Felix) and a lion attacking a hippo.
Lions digging out a warthog from a burrow.
A household of cheetah looking and catching a warthog.
Lions mating. Two warthogs ingesting from the pool at our tented camp with us about 4 toes away. And extra.
We had three river crossings, all in the identical day. Two comparatively small crossings by wildebeest, with no casualties, and one by Thomson’s gazelles, which confirmed nature at its most savage: three killed by crocs, and one by a hippo (one other first for Felix).
