Packing up in the rain

A broken down truck on the road -- a very typical sight

Wheat growin on the Mau escarpment

Two masai women helping us out of the mud

A 4wd came and helped us out of the mud -- before we ever got to the game park

Bernadine figured bare feet were better than muddy sandals

some of the many Masai cattle along the way

The park gate

Two wet Topi

The Topi, a hartbeeste only found around the mara

Cape Buffalo, the most feared of the african game animals

Lone tree and the rain clouds

A “bean tree”

Crested Cranes

Baloon over the Mara. A popular (and expensive) extra

There were elephants everywhere!

These lions were finishing off a wildebeest

Our block of rooms at the Mara Simba

The kids took a short swim in the cold pool

Elephant on the green mara

One more elephant

A giraffe reaching high

Giraffe under the lone tree

Crowned Plover

Female Ostrich

We drove right next to these lions

Lions sleep 16-20 hours a day

Sunset with coming rain

The cheetah showed up and walked behind our van

Sunset

We saw hippo from the Lodge dining room

Giraffe in the early morning

A tall giraffe

One more elephant

The river from the lodge

looking over the river from the lodge dining room

Wildebeeste

Changing a flat tire on the return trip

Colourful Masai women

The stop on the return trip at Narok

Masai cattle eating the lush green grass in front of Mt. Longonot