Masai Mara

It was a 5 hour drive from Nairobi to the Masai mara.We drove through the Rift Valley, which is famous for being the place where the oldest human skeletons were found.When we got to our camp we ate lunch and read our books for a bit, then went out on a drive.On are first drive we saw about 9 Lions at a kill, it looked like a small Zebra.We also saw lots of Gazelle, Cape Buffalo and Giraffes.The next day we left at 8am and came back around 4:30pm.In the morning on that drive we found two Cheetahs lying on the grass and they went under a tree,we watched them there for a while then went to find some more animals.Just before lunch we went to Mara River,we saw lots of Hippos and a Crocodile.We went to a crossing point for the Wildebeest migration, some movies were made here about it.There are lots of bones by the side of the river.In the hottest part of the day we stopped by a pair of lions, and because our van gave some shade the Lions came right next to it.They were about a metre away from us.After that we went back to were the Cheetahs were and drove rite up to them,I could almost have reached and touched them!The day after we went for an early morning drive,we didn’t see very many cat save some Lions eating a Hartebeest, a big antelope with horns in the shape of a heart.We went out again at 3 O’ Clock and saw more Lions and Gazelle,loads of Zebra and Wildebeest.All together we must have seen about 15 Lions, and by the 10th one we were like “O, another Lion.” We only saw the two Cheetahs and no leopards, but it was great.We also saw hyenas, Jackals,Warthogs,mongoose and Topi gazelle which you can only find in that area.There were lots more things, too many to list.There were also lots of animal skeletons lying around some with the hair still on but bones sticking out, I’m sure all the Girls will like to hear about that, not!