Masai Mara

Masai Mara is a National Game Reserve located less than 120 miles outside of Nairobi, Kenya and home to many wild animals.

A view of the Rift Valley	Another view of the Rift Valley
A shop en route to Masai Mara with lots of animal carvings made on site	Sol surrounded by Masai women selling beaded items
The entrance to the Fig Tree Camp (our lodge)	The river you cross to get to the lodge
Gareth down by the river, not yet convinced there are crocodiles and hippos in it	The bridge you cross to enter the lodge
The reception area	The dining area
Our tented accomodation	The inside of the tent
Giraffe we met upon entering the park	Giraffes are quite tall : )
A giraffe pointing toward the impending rains	Some buffalo
Some more buffalo	A large herd of buffalo in the distance
A friendly elephant	Some elephants showing their best sides
An elephant up close	An elephant with its baby
Some baby elephants talking with their mom	Baby elephants playing around
A lion pretending not to notice us	A lion waking from his nap
A lion checking out the surrounding gazelles	A lion carefully stalking its prey
A baby cub following her mommy	A lioness with her cubs
Some lionesses lying around	Some lionesses scanning the field
A lone lion getting very close to our vehicle	An old lion wandering the reserve
Some thompson gazelles enjoying the day	A topi relaxing in the field
Another Topi out on his own	A tortoise trying to cross the road
Grabbing some morning fuel for the walking tour	Enjoying the bush breakfast
Me going back for seconds	A frog Nic picked up
A cute frog hanging out in the grass	A few huts in the Masai village
The son of the chief showing us his brother's hut. Behind him is where his brother and one of his wives sleep.	Gareth and myself in the hut. My odd face is due to my inability to smile after seeing such horrible living conditions.
The Masai men dance to celebrate our arrival. The man on the far left is wearing the lion headress.	I am wearing a lion headress. I was told masai women aren't even allowed to touch it, but since I wasn't masai (and I paid them money) I could wear it.
	This one must be the class clown
The Masai women is brightly colored garments preparing to sing and dance	Oddly the Masai were interested in seeing if Gareth could ride a bicycle.
Gareth, Nicholas, and myself after the walking tour	The hyenas liked to hang around the lions looking for leftovers
A leopard on the run	This leopard looked hungry and trotted his way along the Mara
The same leopard crossing our path on his way to some food	The hippos weren't very photogenic as they only liked to come up for air for a second and then dive back down into the water.
Me on the safari, hair whipping in the wind	Another shot of me soaking in the scenary
Sol and Gareth trying to push us out of the mud	A fuzzy shot of some other tourists stuck in the mud
A simple tree alone in the field	The Mara at dusk
A beautiful sunset at Masai Mara	Me and George eating dinner at Fig Tree Camp after the safari
Some children we saw on their way to church (on our way back to Naiobi)	I love their brightly colored school uniforms