Maasai Mara

"Now, where are these tourists?"

"Over here!!"

If you have not already noticed, safaris is what inspires me the most to write. I do have ordinary days too, but not so many on my blogg, though . I haven´t been out of Nairobi since Egypt, due to the political situation in Kenya, and not being able to travel around made me even more craving to do it! But this weekend Bodil, Marianne, and I finally got out on a safari to Maasai Mara, to use a vocher Bodil had won at JK Mara Camp. The Rift Valley has been quiet for some time, but hiring a safari van instead of driving ourselves still felt a lot more comfortable and safe.

Finally, after a long drive with both safari and searching for the camp, we arrived to where we were going to stay! JK Safaris are not known for signposts... And even if there had been a sign here, I am not sure we would have stopped if it was not for the Maasai guide the company sent us after a while, to help us find the camp.
JK Mara Camp was an excellent tented camp out in the wilderness! Our driver saw two lions only two hundred metres from our tent the first night, and he had been pretty scared! The rest of us saw 33 lions altogeher during the weekend, and that is far more than I have ever seen! And the difference from other safaries was that this time the lions were not surrounded by dozens of safari vans, but vice versa. And of course, there were lots of other animals, too!

Picnic under a tree in the middle of the park was included in the full day safari we had on Saturday. Wonderful!