Maasai Mara Trips

A Journey (Safari) to Remember | Nov 16 06'

"The most amusing animal of all we thought were the gawkerbeests."

Safari in the Maasai Mara Games ReserveKenyaNovember 17 – 19, 2006As we were unable to be accommodated at A Rocha until November 20th, we decided t... Continue reading »

Maasai Mara | Mar 02 06'

This is the location that we met up with our tour leader, truck driver and the other members of our tour that we were going to go onto Vic Falls wi... Continue reading »

A Three Day Safari- So Much Wildlife!! | Apr 16 06'

Hi guys!Well I just got back from a 3 day safari to Maasai Mara.  I can't believe all the wildlife we saw!  We left early on Saturday mor... Continue reading »

Maasai Mara - home of the safari. Subject to availability. | Jul 03 07'

"Four of lions' heads were actually inside the buffalo"

Mornings around the Maasai Mara nature reserve are a little more 'back to nature' than we had become accustomed to. The guards told us that there h... Continue reading »

A preservation of Culture within a 21st Century Paradigm | Feb 13 06'

"The whole time I was there, I kept bursting into a smile thinking of a Gary Larson cartoon (Far side) which portrayed a group of indigenous peoples (with grass huts and bones through their noses) running around wildly with TVs and toasters in their arms, trying to stash them out of view, while yelling “the anthropologists are coming!!!!” I felt like I was stuck in that cartoon."

Sopa. Kaaji encarna Alex. Ainguaa Canada. Kayie etii choo? (How are you? My name is Alex. I am from Canada. Where is the latrine?- is probably th... Continue reading »

Pastoralism and its discontents. Oh yeah, there are lions here! | Feb 11 06'

"Even cultural traditions like male circumcision have been accelerated to make their sons group members at a younger age, before the subdivision begins. Now Maasai society is filled with pre-teen “men” who are now expected to take on the responsibilities of Morans – the youth warrior class."

    Sopa ero? Epa! I’ve fucked this greeting in Maa (Maasai language) up more times than I care to admit. I keep trying to gr... Continue reading »

More road trip | Jul 02 07'

"On this main tourist route, children had no interest in the vehicle, only in our money"

The heavy rainfall overnight meant that the tent was far too cosy to get up in the morning. After mentally running through other options, it seemed... Continue reading »

Loads of Animals !!! | Nov 11 06'

Day 1 we were picked up from the hotel by mini buses had a 5 hour trip mto the Maasi Mara roads in Kenya are really bad !!!! . Arrived at a tented... Continue reading »

The great wildebeest migraton - in the middle of natures wonders | Aug 31 08'

"Then we got to see the first wildebeest – the object of so much predator attention. First of all there were just a few hundred dotted across the savannah. But as we progressed we were aware of great armies of them moving. They would move in their thousands, nose to tail, across the ridges or plains looking for fresh grazing. "

I’ve just seen a seriously large baboon in camp this morning.  He emerged out of the bushes - saw me come out of the toilet block - the... Continue reading »

Landrover down to the Masai Mara Game Reserve | Aug 30 08'

"The camp is crewed by a four man team - two cooks, a worker and a 20 year old Maasai called John. He was quite a sight with bald head, red cloak, stretched earlobes, barefeet and massive spear"

So many great memories of today. Wildebeest stretching out to the horizon, heads down cropping the grass - elephants getting stressed with each ot... Continue reading »