Kenya 2017

August 16_th 2017

Already on our first day the Masai Mara lived up to its rep­u­ta­tion of being the most ani­mal-rich region in Kenya. Dur­ing our first gamedrive we already saw among oth­ers all three big cats. At first already in the ear­ly morn­ing a hand­some male lion:

Short­ly after­wards a chee­tah appeared:

At noon we inter­rupt­ed a lady lion at lunch (a deli­cious wildebeest):

And just before sun­set Eric also found a female leop­ard in a small wood:

The female mem­bers of the trav­el group were espe­cial­ly excit­ed (“how cute!”) about a young giraffe, which accord­ing to Eric was only about 2 weeks old. Here in the com­pa­ny of her car­ing mother:

And the day was closed again by a fan­tas­tic sun­set. Once with 400mm focal length:

And from the same loca­tion a lit­tle lat­er once again with 14mm focal length:

What a furi­ous start for our stay in the Masai Mara - and this time we are here for even 7 days! The evening in the camp was con­clud­ed with a great din­ner under the open sky, pre­pared by Obi, the new chef - anoth­er enrich­ment for the camp.