Articles Tagged 'Giraffe'

Maasai Mara 2019: Observations and Comparisons

Saturday, 21st December, 2019

In the African wilderness, every day is different. Every game drive is different. Every encounter and experience is different. That is what makes it so amazing and exciting. As I have chronicled in recent articles, we spent a fantastic seven days (which is too few!) in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya in June of [ read more ]

Maasai Mara 2019: Day 6 of 7

Sunday, 17th November, 2019

It was now our sixth day in the Maasai Mara during our epic trip in June of 2019, and the safari was drawing near to a close. So far, in five days, we had not seen a single leopard. Would today be the day? As always, the plan was to start the day with some [ read more ]

Trip to Taronga Western Plains Zoo

Friday, 8th December, 2017

In late October, we headed away with some good friends of ours for a three-day trip to Mudgee and Dubbo. Our plan, apart from sampling and buying some fantastic wine in Mudgee, was to stay at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, in its exclusive Zoofari lodge, at which ten luxurious tents, complete with mod-cons, overlook the [ read more ]

Maasai Mara: Day 5 of 7

Sunday, 6th September, 2015

Our plan for day five in the Kenyan wilderness was to depart the Mara North Conservancy and head south into the public Maasai Mara National Reserve. We were in search of cheetahs, the only big cats we had not yet seen. Rather than heading out for two drives (morning and afternoon) near camp, we made a single [ read more ]

Maasai Mara: Day 1 of 7

Saturday, 4th July, 2015