Blogs from Masai Mara NP, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa - page 4

Dear friends of ours from NZ have moved to our neighbourhood, ie. Uganda :) We have enjoyed safari time with them in the Mara and showing them around Nairobi. It is great in the midst of farwells for the kids to reconnect with friends from their past. It has been a blast, not as many photos as I would like, far too much eating and talking. Karibu tena Andrew and Nadia and family x... read more

Since I arrived to Kenya with no plans whatsoever, I had to take what was offered. After an amazing visit to neighbouring Tansania and a great safari trip through some of the best national parks I decided to visit the famous Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. These trips are always exciting if you're a single traveler, because you never know what kind of people will join you on it. In Tansania I had great company, a young German veterinarian Jessica and a Polish adventurous explorer Joseph. We ha dan amazing time, although we didn't expect anything from the safari trip, we just went to see. It was introduced to us that we would be sleeping in tents, which is awesome, because I love camping, and this is what we actually did. We had simple tents ... read more

People refer to so many places as 'Gods Country' and that's fine but believe me when I tell you that I have been to Gods' Playground! The Maasai people and their home the Maasai Mara is incredible... The mind boggles! For now we visit the people ...the Maasai Later we will visit the Mara or vast plain, in their language. It is 1,5010 sq kilometers The 4 hour bone shaking drive off the tarmac into the Maasai Mara reserve is described by our intrepid driver Henry, as the worst road in Africa and honestly it could shake the fillings out of your teeth! Jarred and bounced along for hours on end with only acacia thorn bushes and dust dust dust....clouds of grit...dust...a fine pale brown powder over everything. Every once in a long while the nothingness ... read more

Es ist eine Weile vergangen und zwar ziemlich genau 6 Jahre, seit ich den kenianischen Klassiker für Safari das letzte Mal besucht habe. Obwohl es nicht die geeignetste Zeit ist, um diesen Park zu besuchen, konnte ich viele verschiedene Tiere sichten. Jedoch war die Quantität eher mittelmässig. Dies liegt daran, dass die Tiere zwischen Masai Mara (Kenya) und das Gegenstück in Tanzania, die Serengenti, migrieren. Trotzallem, konnte ich eine riesige Herde von Buffalos sichten, auch recht viele Elefanten. Der Höhepunkt war aber der Liebesakt eines Löwen und einer Löwin. Einen Geparden konnte man beim Sichten seiner Beute zuschauen, doch die Gazelle hat die Gefahr rechtzeitig erkannt und konnte fliehen. Gut für Sie, pech für uns. Ansonsten waren sehr wenig Giraffen und Zebras im Park (oder wir waren einfach im falschen Moment am falschen Ort). Dafür konnten ... read more

Maasai Mara 3-Day Tour 15-17 July 2012 After a quick breakfast at The Boulevard Hotel in Nairobi, our driver, Steven, picked us up at 7.30am. Steven gave us a quick briefing about the next couple of days and telling us that the road to and in the Maasai Mara National Reserve was very rough. Two months before, they had their heaviest rain for many years, leaving the roads with deep ruts from bogged vehicles. All vehicles had roofs that could be pushed up for excellent animal viewing. I was pretty excited because since Grade 7 and then again during High School history, I had learned of the Maasi People (and their jumping dance), and now I was soon to meet and see them. It took us 5 hours to get to the entry of the Reserve. ... read more