Majestic Masai Mara

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The majestic Masai Mara

It hasn't been all work since the holidays. While Susie's daughters were visiting in January we spent three days on safari. The Masai Mara game reserve covers 1,500 square kilometers in south western Kenya and is home to the Big Five (lions, rhinos, leopard, buffalo, elephants) and hippos and crocodiles and zebras, and hyenas, and giraffes, and on and on. 

















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