Exploring more of Kenya: safari on Masai Mara

We began our longest trek outside of Nairobi yesterday with a drive through the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve. The reserve is the Kenya portion of the Serengeti ecosystem that stretches south far into Tanzania.

Zebras on the Mara

With a route that includes a stretch of road that our guides refer to as an African massage, we drove deeper and deeper into the reserve and began to see the lead animals in the great migration. Growing numbers of wildebeest and zebra along with giraffe, elephants, topi, impala, numerous birds, and even several lion were spotted on our first drive.

Lion taking in the view

The matter-of-fact sight of so many different and varied animals all in the same area is amazing to see.

                                                               - Christopher Bell