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- Feb 11, 2025, 9:20 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,484 m
KenyaNarokPurko Section1°28’42” S 35°2’2” E
Exploring Maasai Mara

First up this morning we saw a pride of 4 male lions feeding on a buffalo. When we arrived at the sight, we straight away could smell an awful reek from the buffalo as it was already 3 days past its death. We were told the lions killed the buffalo and have been feeding on it the past 3 days back and forth between sleep.
We watched as the lions one by one went to rest in the shade after filling their big belly’s. When the last lion was full, we saw him go back and forth to the shade and to where the buffalo was as he didn’t want to share any with the vultures.
We continued on for the whole day out on a game drive. We watched as a pride of 6 lions all strategically creeped up on two buffalo’s that were separated from their herd and how they planned all together on how to fight the buffalo.
After a very exciting watch for about 30-40 minutes, we watched the chase and the buffalo get away!
The 6 lions were the most skilled from their pride, we drove just a few meters over to where the remaining lions of their pride were under a tree and got to see the mothers that stayed behind and minded all the cubs! We saw the youngest cub we had yet seen - it seemed to only be a year old!
Later in the day we had the opportunity of seeing 5 cheetahs all together. They didn’t seem to be overly active like the last few cheetahs we have seen, but instead just resting under some shade.
We also stumbled across three giraffes fighting - it was interesting to watch. They walk around in a circle over and over again and slowly use their necks to hit eachothers necks. If one giraffe was to hit another too hard, this would cause the giraffe to faint to the ground or in extreme cases, break some of the neck bones cause the giraffe to stop breathing. I’m happy to say we didn’t see any of that but just some harmless neck swings.
On the drive back to our campsite in the evening, we had two very exhilarating moments. The first being the find of two leopards, a mother leopard with her 4yr old daughter. It was an amazing see especially because leopards are a rare animal to see in such large national parks! There must have been 30 or so tourist jeeps - most of them keeping the respectful distance from the wild animals and out of their line of path, however it was disappointing and sad to see that a few of the cars placed themselves directly in the line of path that the leopards were walking, causing the baby to feel a bit skittish.
The second amazing moment, we pulled up to a single huge elephant walking past one of the main driving tracks, it was an amazing photo opportunity whilst also keeping a safe distance, however the elephant seemed very interested by the vehicle, it walked straight up to us, being within meters of reach and stared us down. The car was in an unusual silence as we were all a little concerned on what the elephant might do.
He slowly but surely walked away leaving us all a bit stunned and surprised!
Back to the campsite at 5pm, an evening in the pool enjoying the cool water in this African heat.
We had a dinner all together and into bed again!Read more
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Up close and personal. 😘😘
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An unusual shot, don’t see this one much. Perky tale. 🦁
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That must have been hard to smell. 😮💨🤧
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This is the old lion who couldn’t leave the carcase alone to the vultures. Three or four times he walked away and bolted back to chase them away. This is him crouching 20 metres away and watching even though he already has a full belly.