We arrived in Kenya in October 1992. Our girls were borned in 1994 and 1996 and all these years, we have never once been on safari in the Mara- that's right, not even once!! The girls do get to go to different mini safaris as part of their school activities and as a family, we have always preferred a beach holiday...yup, we are all beach people! Besides, the prices are always so high! Since we are leaving, we decided that we must at least be on safari once as a family. A great friend, Marigold, got us an out of this world kind of deal and we were able to go on a weeklong safari and enjoyed every minute of it! Here's some pictures...
The incredible scenery and landscapes of the great Masai Mara.
This huge baboon was climbing up the water tower!
pretty bored looking lioness, we were only a few feet away albeit safe and sound in our van!
beautiful rainbow after a heavy downpour
Our guide, Tita, drove us about 45 minutes up to a mountain to see these buffalos, I focused on this one because he looked so old, wise and strong....I didn't get a good picture of his legs but he also was wounded...possibly fighting with other animals...
I never get over how pretty giraffes are - especially their beautiful eyes and long eyelashes!
We saw so many herds of elephants and so many cute little baby elephants trailing behind their mama. Sweet!
Giraffe showing off how flexible she/he is!
Impalas...there were so many of them
our room in the beautiful lodge, Keekorok
One of the safari van got stuck and our van was the only one that was 4 WD, so we pulled them out.
My camera ran out of battery after this picture. this was a male lion walking towards a whole group of lionesses and cubs. There were about 14 of them. The girls got them in their cameras! It was a pretty amazing sight to see these majestic animals in their natural habitat.
These two "animals" were in our van the whole time! So pretty!
Lounging at the Lodge during afternoon tea
It also happened to be Tony's birthday...the waiters danced and sang for him
Hippos at the Lodge. The photo doesn't do them justice...they are gigantic!
We spent the last two days at a log cabin, it was restful after all that safari. I can now take my two Kenyan children back to Malaysia, satisfied that they have been on a real safari!!
The incredible scenery and landscapes of the great Masai Mara.
This huge baboon was climbing up the water tower!
pretty bored looking lioness, we were only a few feet away albeit safe and sound in our van!
beautiful rainbow after a heavy downpour
Our guide, Tita, drove us about 45 minutes up to a mountain to see these buffalos, I focused on this one because he looked so old, wise and strong....I didn't get a good picture of his legs but he also was wounded...possibly fighting with other animals...
I never get over how pretty giraffes are - especially their beautiful eyes and long eyelashes!
We saw so many herds of elephants and so many cute little baby elephants trailing behind their mama. Sweet!
Giraffe showing off how flexible she/he is!
Impalas...there were so many of them
our room in the beautiful lodge, Keekorok
One of the safari van got stuck and our van was the only one that was 4 WD, so we pulled them out.
My camera ran out of battery after this picture. this was a male lion walking towards a whole group of lionesses and cubs. There were about 14 of them. The girls got them in their cameras! It was a pretty amazing sight to see these majestic animals in their natural habitat.
These two "animals" were in our van the whole time! So pretty!
Lounging at the Lodge during afternoon tea
It also happened to be Tony's birthday...the waiters danced and sang for him
Hippos at the Lodge. The photo doesn't do them justice...they are gigantic!
We spent the last two days at a log cabin, it was restful after all that safari. I can now take my two Kenyan children back to Malaysia, satisfied that they have been on a real safari!!
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