Martin writes... The Lonely
Planet Africa guide logs: 'Virtually everyone who visits Kenya goes to the
Masai Mara - and with good reason. The wildlife watching opportunities are
really second to none, particularly if you're looking to see big cats".
With this in mind, we loaded
our Land Rover and the Kuota's landy and headed for the reserve. It is a
really long way from Nairobi via very bad sand roads as you approach the
reserve. We were really
surprised to see the state of the road knowing that this is Kenya's
premier reserve - this did raise the question about the huge entry fee to
the reserve and where the money went!
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Paying our US$30 pp, we entered
the park via the Sekenani gate and were immediately rewarded with a herd
of Elephants munching away. A few kilometres further, the first
wildebeest started appearing - we would eventually see thousands of
wildebeest due to the migration. This was truly a magnificent sight.
John & his Masai ladies
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Afternoon thunderstorm
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Setting up camp at the Sand River campsite
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Give me a rooftent anyday |
Surely that is a lion?
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Thumbs up from Sam
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