It’s hard to say good-by to the migration safari and to the beautiful Masai Mara Game Reserve. I’ve come to love it so, and can’t wait to explore it again in December – even without the migration – with American friends who are coming to join me. The Great Four will return to the Masai …
Africa: The Migration (8) – The Crossing
Mission accomplished! While the whole point of the migration safari is to see the animals, there’s hardly any “piece” of the safari that is more exciting than to see the animals make the crossing. It’s not always a pretty picture, for early in the migration (probably up to within a few days of when we …
Africa: The Migration (7) – Hippos
Often referred to as “the most characteristic” of Africa’s water animals, the lumbering hippopotamus is truly a wonder to see. Because they tend to stay mostly submerged most of the time (thanks to having their ears, eyes, and nostrils high up on their head) and do their grazing at night, we kind of forget just …
Africa: The Migration (6) – Various Animals
One of the pleasure of the migration safari is the opportunity to see again some of the favorite animals, who now cohabit in the Masai Mara with the migrating animals (mostly wildebeests and zebras and some of the antelope family). As I’ve written, the numbers are amazing, but even as we observe the usual residents, …
Africa: The Migration (5) – The Naturalness of Death
In most of modern society, it’s relatively easy to look the other way and avoid references to death, especially in the animal kingdom. We don’t hear much about the demise of animals in the wild when we drive along a mountain highway like the Blue Ridge Parkway, or when we are travelling through one of …
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