by Thomas | Nov 10, 2019 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
This post is follow-up to the Mara crossing – African elephant from a couple of weeks back. While majority of the herd crossed the Mara river without any drama, one of the Elephants decided to settle down in the middle of the river. It took us a minute to...
by Thomas | Oct 27, 2019 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We were on a morning game drive in Maasai Mara National Park, when we decided to go check out one of the frequently used crossing point on the Mara river. As we reached the crossing point, we noticed a herd of African elephants on the river bank. Instinctively we knew...
by Thomas | Oct 28, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
This post is about a spectacular sighting that we had of an African Elephant in Maasai Mara. One of our morning game drives in the Park started with the intention of first checking if the Leopard we saw the previous evening was still around or not. We drove non-stop...
by Thomas | Jul 1, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After “Breakfast by the Hippo Pool” in Maasai Mara National Park, we headed out to scan the popular crossing points on the Mara River. Enroute we saw this African elephant headed to the Mara river, probably to quench her thirst. This little fellow...
by Thomas | Apr 8, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
African Elephant herds are widespread residents of Maasai Mara. However, they are not as common as they are in Amboseli National Park. On this safari, we spotted a mother with its calf at a distance. Once the two came close to us, the mother Elephant paused for a few...
by Thomas | Jan 28, 2018 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
While out on the safari drive in Amboseli National Park, we saw a huge cloud of dust in the distance. As the animals came closer, it became clear that this was probably the largest herd of African Elephants (as seen in the feature image) that we had seen here. It was...
by Thomas | Nov 12, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
After several safaris into the Amboseli National Park, we were yet to see any African Lion. And our driver-guide wanted to make one last attempt to search for them on one of our game drives. We started off on a good note with the sighting of yet another African...
by Thomas | Oct 15, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
On one of our morning game drives into Amboseli National Park, we spotted this African Elephant mom and calf at a distance, by the side of the tracks. The mother had her back to us while she shielded her calf. We were keen to get a clearer view of the Elephant calf...
by Thomas | Sep 17, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
On one of our evening game drives at the Amboseli National Park, we spotted a couple of Lion cubs sitting close to the road. There was not a single Lioness in sight. I guess most of them were on a hunt. The cubs looked hungry and listless, so we left them to mind...
by Thomas | Sep 3, 2017 | Amboseli, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
As we drove through the Amboseli National Park for another morning game drive, we spotted an African Elephant at a fair distance. Our guide pointed out that it was a Tusker and we drove towards it to get a closer look. As we got closer, we realised that this was a...