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After lunch we had time to get settled in and have a look around the camp. Then it was time to go back over the river to meet our driver for our first safari into the Mara. There's quite a few photos here, so be patient while they all load...:

I think these are impala. Whatever they are, antelope of all kinds are just everywhere and you start getting a bit bored of them after a very short time.
Topi (according to my guide book!).
The book says these are Thomson's gazelles...
This is a stork, but I can't remember what kind. A fairly ugly bird, anyway!
Elephants (but I supose you guessed that, didn't you?).
More elephants.
Some more of those ugly storks with young - looks like a reverse ugly duckling scenareo to me!
A hyena lounging about.
Ostriches. I have never seen another animal that looks less like it belongs in the wild than these birds.
Zebras are very skittish so it was very difficult to get close enough for a good photo.
Some sort of strange bird. It just stood there are we drove passed completely ignoring us! How rude!
Lions! We were so pleased to see them. They didn't seem particularly bothered to see us, though. You can just make out the male to the left. There were four females in this group.
Another view of the lions.
Can't get enough of them!
Wilderbeest (that's gnus to you).
More zebras.
You can just spot a jackal in there. It was wandering towards us, but by the time we got our cameras ready, it spotted us and ran off.
On our way back to the camp, we stopped off at a Masai village. Normally, they shun tourists as they are fed up of idiots sticking cameras in their faces, but this village encourages it. You have to pay Ksh600 (about £6) to get in, though. Our guide was one of the sons of the village who spoke excellent english.
The women of the village singing a welcome song. We felt like intruders into their lives.
Simon trying not to tread on all the cow dung.
Masai warriors (they looked about 15). I got the feeling they were jumping because that's what they think tourists expect them to do!
Children from the village.
Before we left, we were invited to peruse the local shops. We didn't buy anything, though.
On the way back to the camp it was beginning to get dark and the clouds were looking pretty dramatic. It didn't rain, though.
Back at base round the campfire.


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