Nairobi - Samburu - Treetops - Lake Nakuru - Maasai Mara - Cairo - Aswan - On the Nile - Luxor

Sunrise over Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara


The King on his thrown.

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King Baboon on his thrown.

Many More Baboon Pics

A Maasai Giraffe breaks the road.

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Sunset - "God lives in Africa."

Hippos in their hole.


Elephants at dawn.

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More Maasai Village Pics

We still look good on Day 9. Joe's in front of the "Tent."

The Great Migration - Wildebeests, Waterbucks, Zebras and many more...

Millions of wildebeests (aka gnu)...

wildebeests and zebras kicking it out.

A waterbuck, all part of the migration.

A little deer know as a Dik-dik (zik-zik). The sign says: "Fire and Emergency Assemby Point."

 

Those who feed on rot; vultures...

... hyena ...

... jackel...

...notice the jackel follows the hyena ...

to the feast!

A Cheeta on a log, leaving...

A Cheeta hunting...

Cheetas feeding.

This is called a sausage tree. Yum.

About ten kilometers from the Tanzania border is this ridge called: "the sleeping Maasai."

Can you see him?

 

The "road" from Maasi Mara back to Nairobi is more potholes than road. Jacob said: "It's not really a road, just a way to get there." The picture does not do it justice.

On the way back from Maasai Mara, we passed the africa componant of the deep space network. Kimberly used to work at JPL. The footprint of the USA is everywhere.