Ashnil Mara Camp in the Maasai Mara

The Maasai Mara National Reserve is the ancestral pastoral home of the Maasai tribe, with open grasslands favored by large cats — lions, cheetahs, leopards — and dotted with trees.   As we drove into the park from the Wilson airport, the very first thing we saw was a leopard in a tree with its impala dinner hanging in the limbs below.  And, we weren’t even on a game drive yet!

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Back to Nairobi Tented Camp

Because of its proximity to the Jomo Kenyatta airport, we returned to the  Nairobi Tented Camp  before flying back to the States. It felt full circle, returning to our starting point. By now, after more than 20 game drives, we felt like “old hands” and the camp was familiar…yet,  this last day had a sad quality to it. Luckily, a few things happened to lift our spirits.

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