Masaai Mara - Best Safari EVER!

This is a post I meant to do earlier but I didn't have access to the following photos and internet to post.

There are many Wildlife reserves in Kenya, some have a greater number of certain types of animal.  Among those is Maasai Mara. Not one of the most well known of Kenya, it is most famous for it's connection to the Maasai people, which many tourists go to witness the people's keeping to "traditional" lifestyle; circular mud and stick housing, dress, bead work, and dance ceremonies.

The Park also has an amazing amount of a variety of animals and is most famous for the great Wildebeest Migration to and from the Serengeti in Tanzania.

The group of us that went, went for a two day game tour and we got probably the luckiest Safari ever.  The only things that could have made it better would have been seeing a rhino, an actual take down, or a live birth. Otherwise we saw just about everything!

This is the first guy we saw:

This captures simply a part of the epicness that was this scene; cheetahs, giraffes, coyote, zebra, warthogs, and antelope all in the same area! The coyote was one brave dude.

Cheethat with her four cubs:

 Water buffalo are real common and freakin scary. Built like tanks and they just stare at you.

Momma Elephant and her baby, he was learning how to use his trunk.

 I was so excited to see this bad boy. Jaguars are one of the coolest animals, this one had killed and antelope the day before and you could see it hanging from the tree.

This is a Topi. It is one weirdly beautiful creature.

ZEBRA! Need I say more?

Male Ostrich. Fun fact: their legs turn a brilliant pink during the mating season. Let's the ladies know he's ready to tango.

We also went to the river where there were hundreds of Hippos. These bad boys are scary.

 Brilliant coloured lizards just chilling by the choo

Monkey's are cool, but really their pests. Darn guys steal your food.

At the way back to the campsite we came across momma lions and their cubs. Later we saw the Big Daddy protecting the meat kill they made. These guys are too cute.

These were the tents we stayed in

Roommates!

All together it was an amazing experience and a once in a life time opportunity that I was so privileged to be apart of.  Sadly, it may have ruined Zoos for me....