Safari Chronicles: Day 8 …Mountain Conservation Area to Maasai Mara
What a glorious day dawned for us this morning with the sun coming up early and a truly magnificent day looked imminent.. after the chilly night it was hard to get out from amongst the warm sheets and the hot water bottle to the chilly air but it was time to pack up and say goodbye to Sweetwaters and Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Completely impressed with the great work that is being done here and how committed the various people we met from the Dog Unit to the Endangered Species compound to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the the Conservancy itself….it was magical and long may it be soo!! Three Rhinos came to the waterhole to drink water and to say their goodbyes….
We flew over the saddle of the Aberdare Mountain Range and through the Rift Valley in between Lake Elementaita and Lake Nakuru …over the vastly depleted Mau escarpment and into the Maasai Mara its vast open plains with the Mara River snaking its way through the plains forming oxbow Lakes…finally we arrived at our destination and home away from home for the next three nights Mara Intrepids!!!
Our expedition this afternoon was to find Big Cats….and so after spending some time with Giraffe that were in abundance this afternoon..we decided to go on and lo and behold the 5 Cheetah brothers who have this close bond and are always together!! After spending time with them and marvelling at how well they look we went onwards Raphael knew the whereabouts of some Cheetah cubs with their Mum and so we decided to see if we could find them and 15 minutes later there they were…It was a wonderful first day and looking forward to tomorrow.
