by Thomas | Sep 5, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, its been a while since we visited Maasai Mara and in this last post from our previous trip, on Maasai Mara, we wanted to include a few birds, animals and the beauty of the landscape of this absolutely amazing place. Here we go. The...
by Thomas | Aug 29, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After watching the first Lion settling in the grass and going back to sleep, we headed to the other brother, who was still where we had left him, sleeping in the shade of the bushes. He seemed disturbed by the movements of the vehicles going after his brother, but he...
by Thomas | Aug 22, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During our last evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Reserve, we got information that a couple of big African Lions were sighted near the crossing points close to the Mara Serena Lodge, where we were staying. We headed out straight to the location and found two...
by Thomas | Aug 8, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
Spotting a Black Rhinoceros, one of the endangered Big Five in Africa, is an amazing experience. And observing one as the only tourists around one who was foraging and kept moving closer to our vehicle in Maasai Mara, was taking it to a totally different level of...
by Thomas | Jul 25, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
A game drive in Maasai Mara is always exciting given the wide variety of birds and animals. On this drive we got within striking (photography) distance to get some lovely pictures of two of the Big 5’s and frame filling compositions of the Hadeda Ibis. The...
by Thomas | Jun 27, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
This post is a continuation of our sighting when we were watching an African Lion feasting on an Elephant carcass in Masaai Mara. We were at a distance and our driver was trying to figure out the best way around to get a closer look without getting stuck in the swampy...
by Thomas | May 30, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During one of our safaris in Maasai Mara, we saw an Elephant herd jostling for space on a rock! And guess why were they jostling – it was to scratch their undersides! When we stopped to take a closer look at them, the Elephants too stopped, to check what we were...
by Thomas | May 2, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We spotted these Ground Hornbills forging in the tall grass as we drove into the Maasai Mara Reserve. They were not very far from the road and we stopped to observe them. Soon enough one of the Hornbills paused to check us out – helping in capturing this...
by Thomas | Apr 4, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During one of our evening game drive in Maasai Mara, we had a chance sighting of a Steppe Eagle. It was equally surprised to see us at such close distance, before it flew away. Given that this visit to Mara was many months after the Annual Migration was over, the...
by Thomas | Mar 7, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
The famous Cheetah brothers who we have been following along the Maasai Mara-Serengeti border, were going about their patrolling business. We hoped that they would not cross over into Serengeti as we would not be able to follow them. Lucky for us, they decided to take...
