Just a brief post to communicate that I am off to Tanzania tomorrow for a couple of weeks for my Serengeti & Ngorongoro safari. It’s the perfect time to see the calving of the Wildebeests so I hope there will be some good opportunities for my […]
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A new safari begins today while dark clouds and rain return to the Mara. We have had a couple of weeks of really sunny and hot days. Of course with the rain come the dramatic skies and light filtering through the clouds which I really love. […]
0 Read MoreOn a break between safaris I took the morning off to fix some things at the car and fill up. After a sunny afternoon and morning we thought good weather had returned to the Mara but dark clouds took rapidly shape in the afternoon from the […]
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After hearing reports of the migration entering the Mara, we decided to go to the area where the animals are actually entering the park, at the southern border, near Roan hill. As we approached the area we began to see some scattered herds of Zebras and […]
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Starting from where we left the Caracal last night, we had no luck. We spent some time at the Jackals’ den and with some fighting Giraffes. In the afternoon, we caught up with Olive, who was lying on a tree, and Bahati, walking along the river […]
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Another day of migration on the Talek river, with plenty of animals crossing in different points. There’s a group of Lionesses stationed in the crossing area which disrupts most crossing trying to hunt, but they are very inexperienced so the success rate is very low. Olive […]
0 Read MoreAfter hearing of a sightings of Olive and her family yesterday, we decided to search for them at sunrise before heading to the Cheetahs. And we did find them, with a kill on the banks of the Talek river. It was really interesting because the big […]
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A relatively quiet day in Mara, having struggled hard to find the Cheetah Shingo and her cubs in the morning. When we did found them, there was a little playing going on but they seemed very relaxed and well fed. We left them to explore the […]
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Another quiet day for me, while in the river the female Leopard Acacia and her cub have been seen sharing a kill. The Cheetah and her six cubs are still south of Talek, in an area not particularly rich of potential prey. Here a couple of […]
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This morning we found the young Caracal before dawn, as we drove to where we had left him last time. He was a good distance away and still on his own. We can’t know for sure what happens at night, but my feeling is that the […]
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