The Drama of a Crossing

Chris Kinoti is not a man to be beaten. His whole aim was for us to see at least one crossing during our time in the Mara. Though he did allow us brief stops to photograph the young giraffe we saw being groomed – probably by an older sibling – and the mongeese I thoughtContinue reading “The Drama of a Crossing”

Deeper into the Masai Mara

The Obama family may have stayed at Basecamp Mara, but we were unimpressed so were more than ready to move on to Entim about which we had heard great things. This camp is inside the reserve and has an extremely good reputation. First, though, we still had crayons and pencils to give away- we shouldContinue reading “Deeper into the Masai Mara”

A full day game drive in the Masai Mara

Basecamp Mara is a short distance from the entrance to the Mara but Chris decided we must be up and away by 6.30 taking a packed breakfast and a packed lunch. Last night’s heavy rain had made quite a difference to the road which was pretty churned up with some heavy vehicles and then weContinue reading “A full day game drive in the Masai Mara”