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After breakfast, we split up into three groups for another safari drive back to the camp. We were hoping to see leopards or cheetahs as we hadn't seen them before. Although we didn't, what we did see made up for it.

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:

The buffalo heard that we had seen while having breakfast.
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.
We held our breath and hoped we didn't look like a threat.
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.
A hyena pops its head up from its den to see what the noise is...
...and comes out for a closer look.
We spot a crocodile pretending to be a log.
A couple more lie in wait for the unwary. A few more were drifting in the river.
A huge troop of baboons crosses our path.
Some of them stop for a snack.
The leader struts his stuff, however...
...a challenger gets too close and is seen off. This was very scary as they were fighting only a few yards from our truck!
The hippo pool.
Hippos like nothing better than to wallow in the water.
Hello!
Some strange crested bird the name of which escapes me.
A couple of giraffes watching the tourists.
Back at the camp for lunch...
...with that view over the swamp. You can just make out an elephant in the background.
The plane that took us back to Mombassa.
During the flight, I noticed some sort of muddy lake below. The colours were spectacular so I thought I'd take a photo.
Killemangaro. The highest mountain in Africa.
A close-up. Somehow it didn't really look as impressive as I thought it would.


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