Maasai Mara - Day 3

Our last day in the Mara, we were up at 6. A quick cup of tea and we were on our way for a couple more hours of safari before breakfast and then back to Nairobi.

We entered the park, and were on a mission, a mission to find more cats. John worked the radio as he drove, both of us with our eyes peeled. We knew we only had about 2 hours, so as we continued on, we began to lose hope. But then, jackpot. We came to a stand of brush, and there were already a couple other vans stopped, all eyes were focused on one bush. Just as we pull up, we see a lioness emerge from the bush, cub in her mouth. Her cubs weren't safe, there were too many eyes on them, she was moving them to a safer location. So we watched her walk, right in front of us, 5 feet away, with a cub in her mouth so another grouping a bushes where she set the cub down with the others. I don't think it gets much better than this. What a way to end the weekend. Even John, who drives around the Mara for a living, who has seen it all, time and time again, had his camera out and was taking pictures. It was incredible. The hours in the vehicle were all worth experiencing this moment.

We watched a bit longer, as the lioness lay under the bushes and cleaned her cubs, and then headed back to camp. We ate breakfast, then packed up and were off, headed back to Nairobi.

-steve