I just
completed a great safari in what most would expect would be a very wet
and boring season to be in the Mara. I also had some doubt of a
memorable experience over the this period, basing it on past experience.
However, my guest, who have made regular visit to Kenya and Tanzania
over the past few years during the month of April, had another memorable
experience into the Mara that was bereft of tourists at that time. We
arrived int eh Mara over Easter, and as usual was busy over that
weekend, then come Monday and the Mara was left to us. We had sighting
all to ourselves and even watched wildebeests and zebras crossing the
Mara over a couple of days at the same spot that is usually packed with
cars in August, but this time all on our own.
We had an excellent share of leopard sightings with kills. Siri, Kijana
and Bahati and another un-named leopard near Kichwa Tembo airstrip, gave
us more sightings than we expected of leopards.
during this trip too, i spent a week not eh Mara triangle, which was my
base 16 years ago, and i must say i enjoyed every bit of my stay on that
side of the Mara. General the trip was good, and my guests, Kym and
Tonya, who are writing a book to be launched in Oct, managed to get more
than enough shots to fill the spaces left to complete the book. You may
see some of their images at;
http://paul-kirui.blogspot.com/
www.soinafricasafaris.com
