We left Lewa heading for the Masai Mara in southern Kenya. Our journey by plane lasted just over 3 hours and included 2 stops to drop people off and pick people up before it was our turn. We enjoyed a brief game drive on the way from the airstrip to our camp, Kicheche, where we were briefed about how things would work over the course of our two night stay. We arrives in time for lunch, which was outstanding, and then had some time to relax before our first real game drive at 4 that afternoon.
We left for the morning game drive at 6:30 with the goals for the day being to find hyenas, hippopotamus, and lions. The first one we found was a hyena, but Benjamin was high tailing it towards a lion that had been spotted not far from where we were. We found ourselves watching a lone female walk across the plain, causing several topi and impala to be on high alert. She found a little shade under a small acacia tree and plopped down, where we watched her do nothing for a while before heading off in search of more animals. We came across a couple of hyenas guarding their dens before we stopped for breakfast overlooking the Mara river and a couple dozen hippos. After breakfast we followed a baby giraffe walking with her mother who was so new she still had her umbilical cord attached. We then found a large group of elephants destroying trees before finishing up with our first glimpse of hyena pups. Not a bad morning by any standard!
After our linch and afternoon break we headed out at 4:00 to see what else we could find in the Mara. We came across a group of three lions first but they were just resting, not really interested in posing for our pictures. We left the lions after observing them for a while and went in search of more baby hyenas, and found two who were willing to oblige us with a few poses. After the baby hyenas it was more lions, first another group of three, then shortly thereafter a group of four who looked like they might be preparing to hunt. We watched as two warthogs approached, completely oblivious to the lions presence, and two of the four cats were getting lower and lower to the ground in what looked like a pouncing position. Unfortunately before either one got the chance to jump, a third lion stood up from a nap and scared off the warthogs. I don't think it would have been enough food anyways! We finished off the evening with a sundowner under one of the prettiest sunsets we had since arriving in Africa.
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We left Lewa heading for the Masai Mara in southern Kenya. Our journey by plane lasted just over 3 hours and included 2 stops to drop people off and pick people up before it was our turn. We enjoyed a brief game drive on the way from the airstrip to our camp, Kicheche, where we were briefed about how things would work over the course of our two night stay. We arrives in time for lunch, which was outstanding, and then had some time to relax before our first real game drive at 4 that afternoon.
We left for the morning game drive at 6:30 with the goals for the day being to find hyenas, hippopotamus, and lions. The first one we found was a hyena, but Benjamin was high tailing it towards a lion that had been spotted not far from where we were. We found ourselves watching a lone female walk across the plain, causing several topi and impala to be on high alert. She found a little shade under a small acacia tree and plopped down, where we watched her do nothing for a while before heading off in search of more animals. We came across a couple of hyenas guarding their dens before we stopped for breakfast overlooking the Mara river and a couple dozen hippos. After breakfast we followed a baby giraffe walking with her mother who was so new she still had her umbilical cord attached. We then found a large group of elephants destroying trees before finishing up with our first glimpse of hyena pups. Not a bad morning by any standard!
After our linch and afternoon break we headed out at 4:00 to see what else we could find in the Mara. We came across a group of three lions first but they were just resting, not really interested in posing for our pictures. We left the lions after observing them for a while and went in search of more baby hyenas, and found two who were willing to oblige us with a few poses. After the baby hyenas it was more lions, first another group of three, then shortly thereafter a group of four who looked like they might be preparing to hunt. We watched as two warthogs approached, completely oblivious to the lions presence, and two of the four cats were getting lower and lower to the ground in what looked like a pouncing position. Unfortunately before either one got the chance to jump, a third lion stood up from a nap and scared off the warthogs. I don't think it would have been enough food anyways! We finished off the evening with a sundowner under one of the prettiest sunsets we had since arriving in Africa. 
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