Day 149: Masai Mara – Day 1
We left Lake Naivasha before dawn, as we had a 5 hour drive to reach the Masai Mara – the Kenyan side of the Serengeti. We’d been looking forward to this park for days, as we still had our fingers crossed for witnessing a kill and this was our last shot. While we did get some amazing animal sightings during our short “evening” game drive, we unfortunately missed out on the hunt by mere hours.
Breakfast box on the road as we have a long drive to the Masai Mara
“Evening” game drive in the Masai Mara
Edward gets an alert on his radio and we rush down the road in tim to see a massive Black Rhino coming out of the bushes! With only 5,000 in the wild, this is the most rare and endangered specie we had the luck to see on our trip!
A small pride of sleepy lionesses, napping in the shade
One lioness starts to walk off to another group of trees, so we follow her to see if she is going on a hunt – too late! Looks like she and her sisters already made a kill and she was peckish for another bite of antelope
Very satisfied with our short drive through the park, we returned to the Sopa Lodge where we pigged out on amazing Indian food. Yeah, we’ve gotten really fat in Africa, but the diet starts next week China. We are going to enjoy it while it lasts!
So. Much. Indian food. LOVING Sopa Lodge!
After a delicious dinner, we hide out in the lobby for a few hours to use the Wifi