On the flight back to Mombassa, we were also lucky to get a parting in the
clouds and caught a glimps of Mount Killemangaro.
The rest of the holiday was more lazy sitting by the pool doing very little.
A couple of days saw the temperature rocket to about 40°C which is far too
hot for me.
All in all, an excellent time, so without further ado, here are the final
batch of piccies from the Masai Mara:
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The buffalo heard that we had seen while having breakfast. |
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The rarest animals here are rhino. This female is the only one this
side of the Mara river. Apparantly, a couple of years ago a male found its
way into her territory. She got a little upset, charged it and killed it.
Although we were fairly close, we kept a watchful eye on her and a respectful
distance as rhino have very poor eyesight and will often charge anything that
moves in case it is a threat. |
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We held our breath and hoped we didn't look like a threat. |
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After a couple of minutes, she got bored of us and walked off. We
left her to it and felt thrilled to have seen her - very few people do. |
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A hyena pops its head up from its den to see what the noise is... |
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...and comes out for a closer look. |
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We spot a crocodile pretending to be a log. |
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A couple more lie in wait for the unwary. A few more were drifting
in the river. |
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A huge troop of baboons crosses our path. |
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Some of them stop for a snack. |
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The leader struts his stuff, however... |
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...a challenger gets too close and is seen off. This was very scary
as they were fighting only a few yards from our truck! |
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The hippo pool. |
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Hippos like nothing better than to wallow in the water. |
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Hello! |
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Some strange crested bird the name of which escapes me. |
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A couple of giraffes watching the tourists. |
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Back at the camp for lunch... |
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...with that view over the swamp. You can just make out an elephant
in the background. |
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The plane that took us back to Mombassa. |
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During the flight, I noticed some sort of muddy lake below. The
colours were spectacular so I thought I'd take a photo. |
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Killemangaro. The highest mountain in Africa. |
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A close-up. Somehow it didn't really look as impressive as I thought
it would. |