Masai Mara Day 2

Masai Mara day 2

May 3

When you go looking for wildlife you never know what you’re gonna get. Kinda like Forrest Gump with candy, you just never know what you’re gonna see. Anyway, I didn’t have any great hopes of seeing anything spectacular at all. Why? I have no idea. What we did see was really awesome. Now how we got to see them is a tale I shall tell. You get into what is essentially a minivan. Now these vans have roofs that pop up so you can stand and take pictures of the various animals. What is so awesome about the whole idea of searching for wildlife is that all of the guides talk to each other and tell where you can find say a lion. They all have a CB radio in their van as well and they talk on that on what they have found and where. Personally I thought this was rather cool, considering they are all trying to get the most clients, and yet they help each other achieve their goal. Helping the clients see the “Big 5”. Buffalo, elephant, giraffe, lion, and rhino are the big 5 that everyone wants to see. Personally I wanted to see a cheetah, but no such luck on this trip. Maybe next time.

Anyway, so we drive around the park on first a dirt and gravel road, then we turn off if it and onto a 2 path lane and it is on these little lanes where you find the animals. Oh you see wildebeat, zebra’s, and the like on the main road, but on the lanes is where to good stuff happens. We had elephants cross the lane right in front of the van. We had a giraffe eating from a tree right next to the van. AND we got up close and personal with a lioness and her 3 cubs on one of these lanes. OH and we had to stop once and let the buffalo pass before we continued on the lane. Buffalo’s aren’t the nicest of beasts around. They can be rather particular on their territory, so we waited for them to cross.

I think the highlight of the safari was watching the lioness with her cubs, but then again the male lion eating a buffalo was pretty awesome too. It’s hard to say what was the best part about Masai Mara. The amazing thing is that these animals are still very much wild and dangerous, and yet they are all healthy looking and thriving. (Kaiser Perm. would love that lol) Kenya isn’t what a lot of people think. The lions, elephants, buffalo’s and etc don’t roam all over the country. These animals are mostly found in the National Parks, where it is illegal to hunt them. (except for the Masai people). Along the roads you will find baboons and different monkeys and we saw a couple of Zebra’s but that was it. Kenya isn’t rolling in wildlife any longer.  If you are walking down the road here in Kitale, the wildlife that you might encounter will most likely be domesticated and produce milk (cows and goats). So come to Kenya and see for yourself the beauty here.