Day 7 Sala’s Camp Masai Mara

We started out early on a game drive. It was still dark out. We were not sure what we were going to see. The animals seem to be plentiful in this area.

At first light, we saw hot air balloons flying in front of the rising sun.

The sun was up in no time and we were scanning the tall grass for animals. We looked ahead on the small dirt road, and there was a lion walking our way.

The lion looked distressed, and kept looking back. There were other lions, that we never saw, pushing him out of his territory. He was constantly agitated making noises as he walked along the road.

We are traveling with one of my life long friends and her family. Including Paulo our guide, there are 7 of us traveling together. We were all in one safari truck watching as the lion walked around the truck making noises and marking. He walked around the side and marked one of the kids. We all had videos cameras running, but only she had the event on her camera. Needless to say, we were all surprised, but no one more than our guides. They had never seen a lion mark a person. She wiped herself off, we all laughed, and we continued following the lion.

We had watched the lion for sometime, and everyone was ready for some breakfast. Our guide Stephen drove us to the river’s edge. He and our spotter Fred, set up a beautiful breakfast while we walked down to see the hippopotamus.

There were so many hippos, we just stared in amazement as they would bob up and down in the water.

We sat and enjoyed a full breakfast spread on the river. Fred and Stephen cooked fresh pancakes, eggs and bacon on the propane stove built into the side of the truck. The camp breakfast was delicious. Hard to believe that in the middle of the bush they can make such a gourmet meal.

After breakfast we drove along side the river’s edge looking for animals. We saw more crocodiles, birds, hippos and elephants.

We returned to the camp for an afternoon nap.

That evening we went for our last game drive in the Masai Mara. We saw a variety of animals, but watching the elephants drinking at the edge of a watering hole was the highlight. There was a baby elephant in the herd. Watching him learn to use his trunk was adorable.

We would sit and just take in the animals. Each time you watch them you notice something different.

We had a final sundowner in the Masai Mara. We sat and watched the fiery red sun dip beneath the Acacia trees.

We returned to camp and had our final dinner at Sala’s camp. The evening ended with a traditional Masai dance. The men chanting and jumping.

Thank you to Stephen, Fred and the team at Sala’s Camp. Fred we will be talking about your fried eggs for a long time.