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Cape Buffalo

Masia Mara National Park.

We got up early this morning (before dawn) for an early-morning game drive.

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Cape Buffalo

Masia Mara National Park.

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Sunrise on the Serengeti

Masia Mara National Park.

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Sunrise on the Serengeti

Masia Mara National Park.

Others said the sun came up rapidly here (near the equator). However, it didn't seem so very different to me. I probably would not have noticed it if others had not mentioned it.

We were still in the Serengeti, but on the opposite side of the border with Tanzania.

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Sunrise on the Serengeti

Masia Mara National Park.

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Wildebests

Masia Mara National Park.

High zoom setting shot

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Hyena

Masia Mara National Park.

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Hot Air Balloons

Masia Mara National Park.

One of the extra-cost excursions available here was an early-morning hot air balloon ride. I did not partake of this, but several of the people in the tour group did. Their balloon excursion included a bush breakfast (ITHINK that is what they called it -- like a picnic breakfast, but a buffet, with hot food, dishes, etc.).

Since about 1/2 of the group was on this balloon excursion, only the "other" half of us went on the early-morning game drive in the jeeps.

It turned out the balloons we saw (the ones photographed here) were from a different balloon concessionaire -- these are not the ones carrying the balloonists from in the Vantage group.

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Hot Air Balloons

Masia Mara National Park.

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Hot Air Balloons

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

This is the first of several photos of two cheetahs who were dining on something (probably a dead wildebeest). There were actually two of them. However, the second one is difficult or impossible to see in several of the photos.


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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

The head of the second cheetah is visible on the left side of this photo, just above the horizontal centerline.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

The second one's head is more clearly visible here.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

Note the hot air balloon rising on the left side -- it's also in the next photo.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Cheetahs

Masia Mara National Park.

Finally, we see their bodies.

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Weaver Bird (Possibly)

Masia Mara National Park.

This was also at the Chetah site. I looked around and spotted this bird.

Collected out of sequence here.

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Another Safari Jeep at the Cheetah Site

Masia Mara National Park.

Look at the size of that camera lens.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

The next series of photos is of a pride of lions. These lions were immediatly adjacent to the runway of an airstirp we left from the next day. I don't think any part of the runway shows up in these photos. The lions were not visible the next morning when we left (some of us left using this runway).

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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The Airstrip Pride of Lions

Masia Mara National Park.

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Wildebests -- and a Few Zebras

Masia Mara National Park.

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Grazing Hippo

Masia Mara National Park.

Those might be waterbucks in the background.

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Grazing Hippo

Masia Mara National Park.

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Grazing Hippo

Masia Mara National Park.

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Grazing Hippo

Masia Mara National Park.

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Bush Breakfast

Masia Mara National Park.

This morning game drive went of for quite some time. As we passed 9 AM (local time) I wondered why we weren't heading back toward the lodge, where they stopped serving breakfast at 9:30. Turned out we had our own surprise bush breakfast, on the banks of the Mara River.

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Bush Breakfast

Masia Mara National Park.

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Bush Breakfast

Masia Mara National Park.

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Bush Breakfast

Masia Mara National Park.

The Mara River is in the background. If you know where to look, there are two crocs in the picture -- and possibly a hippo. The next several photos were taken from this same general area -- most of them after breakfast.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

Hippos. Next photo is a cropped version of this one.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

Hippos

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

Dead wildebeest. Did not make it across the river during the migration.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

Crocs. There are three in this photo. Two are on the left hand side and one on the right.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

Croc (using zoom)

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Hippo in Marta River

Masia Mara National Park.


Hippo (with zoom)

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

A hippo came out of the water to graze, somewhat upriver from us.

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Mara River Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

This is the first of several photos taken from the lodge between the morning and afternoon game drives.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

With high zoom.

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More Room Views

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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More Room Views

Masia Mara National Park.

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Wildebeest

Masia Mara National Park.

This is the first photo from the afternoon game run. I did not take many (still) photos of wildebeests on this game drive (and those which are shown here are out of sequence). This was partly because, by this time, I could see the futility of trying to capture the incredible number of them in a photo -- there were wildebeests as far as the eye could see, in every direction. Instead, I tried to capture them using the video recording capability of my digital camera. That didn't do a very good job of capturing them either. However, I may someday (later) try to put some of that video on this site.

We were there during the migration. The wildebeests were starting a trek back into Tanzania to be in the southern part of the Serengeti when that area greened up when the rainy season started.

I had trouble figuing exactly where they were going with this migration. I THINK I figured it out after I got home.

The migration does not seem to really be evident except for when they cross the Mara River. Generally, they seem to be just milling around, not seeming to move in any particular directions with any purpose.

I suspect that if you had some kind of radio transmitter on a particular wildebeest, you would find that it might have moved,say, 4 miles closer to Tanzania during the course of a week. However, it probalby would have walked perhaps 35 miles in all -- in more-or-less random directions -- during that same week.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that even for Mara River crossing, a few of them might cross back (thus having to cross the river three times in all to compete the migration).

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Afternoon Game Drive

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:51:44

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Afternoon Game Drive

Masia Mara National Park.

As I said, wildebeests as far as the eye could see -- and the same in every direction.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:23:26

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Possibly a Hooded Vulture

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 08:28:42

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Afternoon Game Drive-- Giraffes and Wildebeests

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 08:43:37

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Afternoon Game Drive-- Giraffes and Wildebeests

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 08:43:48

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

The next several photos were taken as we tried to follow a famiy unit consisting of a mother lion and three cubs. I'm not sure if I ever actually got photos of all four of them.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:07:26

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:08:22

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:08:32

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:09:05

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Female Lion With Cubs

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:13:35

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:14:47

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Female Lion With Cubs

Masia Mara National Park.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:15:08

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Afternoon Game Drive

Masia Mara National Park.

We came this close to the Tanzania border during this afternoon game drive. The tow parks (Masai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti in Tanzania) border on each other. There is no crossing point inside the parks (I imagine park ranger can sometimes cross for business reasons).

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:41:31

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Grey-crested Crane

Masia Mara National Park.

Tommies in the background. Probably Wildebests in the very distant background.

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Date Time : 2012:10:17 09:51:34

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