It’s with immense delay that I finally manage to upload some of the images taken during a one week photographic safari in the Masai Mara in mid-August. In late July and early August the rains returned and the plains went suddenly from dust brown with almost […]
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During the second half of July the weather got really chilly in the Mara. The few remaining Wildebeests proceeded heading southwest into the Mara Triangle. With my guests we caught a couple of days of beautiful river crossings. Unfortunately the spectacle is often ruined by the […]
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This was one of my best days on safari this season, especially the morning. We started with a beautiful pride of Lions walking in the open plains, and being alone and free to move we were able to take some low angle images of them. They […]
0 Read MoreThis was an extraordinary day for us, possibly even better than yesterday. We found the serval mother soon after sunrise but she eluded us rapidly and disappeared in the long grass. After the Rekero pride feeding we caught up with the young Leopard Bahati, in a […]
0 Read MoreThe wildebeests are crossing daily these days heading south at cul de sac. Today was no exception. However, it is really difficult to get a place to view the crossing due to the huge number of vehicles. So we concentrated on the situations around the crossing, […]
0 Read MoreMore and more crossings today heading into the Mara Triangle, from the bare and dry Paradise plains. Animals crossed first at Cul de Sac and later at the main crossing. Many died at Cul de Sac, as it often happens, others were swept by the rapids […]
0 Read MoreThese was a day almost entirely devoted to the great migration. I have never seen such a huge and vast concentration of animals as today. The plains from Lookout Hill to the Talek river were completely full of Wildebeests. Without considering the thousands that already crossed […]
0 Read MoreAny day that starts with three majestic male Lions in the glorious morning light, is already a good day. Three of the coalition of six males dominating the area were just across the river from our camp, chasing a couple of females. There were many Wildebeests […]
0 Read MoreToday’s highlight was a major crossing at the site called Cul de Sac. Thousands of Wildebeests plunged into the still high waters and got jammed on the opposite bank, in a total mayhem. Many of them were carried away and died, while Crocodiles took at least […]
0 Read MoreAlong the banks of the Mara river some herds of Wildebeests had gathered to attempt a crossing. The water in the river is extremely high in this moment, and the current flows fast. These factors, and the Hippos in the water, delayed today’s crossing considerably. Around […]
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