09 September, 2014

MARA INTREPIDS CAMP ANIMAL SIGHTINGS – 30 August 2014

Weather

It’s cold and cloudy early morning, clearing up before mid-day. Dress warm dressing with Maasai shukas (blankets) for morning and evening game drives.

Temperature

17c morning
28c at midday
25c after sunset

 MIGRATION OF WILDEBEEST AND ZEBRAS

The wildebeest and zebras are looking for new shoot of fresh grass before heading back south to Serengeti. They are near Talek River, at Burungat and Posse Plains all the way to Sand River straddling Serengeti and the Mara - a distant of 23 kilometers. They look like ants covering the plains.

The wildebeest and zebras are still crossing the Mara River. Our guests at Mara Intrepids Camp and Mara Explorer have been reporting superb crossings.







PREDATORS

LIONS

Along Olkeju Ronkai River, there are two juvenile male lions from the Ridge pride, aged three years. They wait here to pounce on the wildebeest and zebras coming to the river for a drink.

The Ridge pride with their cubs was this morning by a herd of buffalos. The buffalos had been terrorizing the pride, killing their young cubs. So far the pride has lost two cubs to the herd.






LEOPARDS 

The Ridge male leopard was at Double-Crossing looking well-fed. 

Shujaa has had very successful kills at paradise crossing Mara river west of Mara intrepid camp.




CHEETAHS

Malaika with her six cubs is south of Mara Intrepids Camp.

Imani came down from the rhino ridge to look for prey lucky enough she got a young impala at maternity.







Report and pictures by John Parmasau – Head Safari Guide, Mara Intrepids and Mara Explorer Camps.
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