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 | 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 | Jan 10, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During our last trip to Maasai Mara, on our first game drive in the afternoon, I noticed Emanuel our driver/naturalist heading towards the Mara Serena Airstrip. I enquired to find out the reason and he pointed out that he had seen some African Lions in the area and...
by Thomas | Jan 1, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, Serengeti, South India, Tanzania
Happy 2021 to all of you! Keeping in line with our practice of reliving the best wildlife moments of 2020, we have put together a compilation of the best experience we had in each of our favourite locations. The best wildlife experience of 2020 has a clear winner in...
by Thomas | Sep 27, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
On this safari in the Serengeti National Park, there was some chatter coming over the wireless and Eric, our guide and driver, pointed out that a herd of African Lions were seen, not far away from where we were. We decided to check them out. When we reached the...
