FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 2
July 31, 2019 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 2
1st Game Drive 6:15 – herd of 18 elephants with 4 babies…
…cheetahs from yesterday are mom with 3 cubs…
…out and about on the prowl…
…along with Leona the Leopard!
2nd Game Drive – same varying array of animals…
Barry the Buffalo
…plus first topi…
…feverishly in search of the…
…ever elusive Reggie the Rhino!
Tina the Topi
FUN-fact – They place hot water bottles in the bed at night!
FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 1
July 30, 2019 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya – Safari – Day 1
1st Game Drive 6:15 – Exquisite Early Morning Movement!
…lions…cheetahs…elephants…buffalo…leopards…hyenas.
Simba Stalking
- Back 9:15 for breakfast & ask for twin beds pushed together. Luckily it’s an option!
2nd Game Drive 4:00 – herd of 14 elephants with 2 babies…4 cheetahs resting…
..warthogs…giant kingfishers…yellow billed storks…gray headed kingfisher…
…+ the usual suspects.
Mara River
FUN-fact – We saw the Big 4 today!
More FF – They call a game drive the “African Massage”…it’s free and guaranteed that every guide will give you one.
FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya
July 30, 2019 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Masai Mara, Kenya
- Depart 9:30 for Kenya flight…arrive 10:30 Tarime, TZ for drive to border…
…experience typical 3rd World Customs Chaos & Immigration Extortion!
- Need yellow fever card (medical record proof doesn’t cut it)…
…so have to pay additional $100 + $100 for Visa fees.
Airstrip Gift Shop
- 2nd flight departs 1:15…arrives 1:35…on way to Entim Mara Camp…
…catch cheetah on high alert…lurking in grass ready to pounce…
…takes 3-day-old baby gazelle down.
- Rest of day relax and get deep tissue massage. AHH!
FUN-fact – Night Noises – Howard the Hippo howls + elephants trample + baboons grunt & hyenas stalk.
Not so FF – This camp only has queen size beds which ain’t cutting it!