Heading toward the Maasai Mara

It is Friday morning and we are on our way south to the Maasai Mara. This is the name of the Serengeti in Kenya. It is called the Serengeti in Tanzania. We are close to the border and can see clear to Tanzania.

Our journey takes us on down through more of  the Rift Valley through fertile areas, much of it owned by the family of Lord Delamere, one of the earliest colonial settlers.  His descendants own thousands and thousands of acres with enterprises in dairy, cattle and flowers to name a few-- all the way from Lake Nakuru to Naivasha.  

The journey takes nearly 7 hours and we tire of the rough van ride.  Below are the pods which will be our home for the next three days and we are grateful to be here.  Lunch is late and we settle into our rooms and prepare for our afternoon game drive.

The spotted hyenas entertain us all over the plains.  They are seeking cool, muddy spots as once they have eaten, their body temperature rises 50% and they try to cool down.

We see the usual suspects, the zebras, giraffes and elephants.  How blasé' we have become over seeing the more plentiful animals and can be entertained fully by sighting the hard to find ones.