 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 satellite station from the escarpment |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 view overlooking the Rift Valley along Nairobi Road |
 Nairobi Road heading towards the Rift Valley |
 Nairobi Road heading towards the Rift Valley |
 Nairobi Road heading towards the Rift Valley |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 cactus trees (Euphorbia candelabrum) |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 coming up onto the satellite station |
 passing the satellite station |
 road constructution |
 goat herd |
 whistling acacias |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 wildlife in the distance |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 wildebeest and zebras in the distance |
 wildebeest |
 Thomson's gazelles |
 en route to Maasai Mara NP |
 poo! |
 giraffes |
 giraffes |
 giraffes |
 giraffes |
 whistling acacias |
 Maasai village |
 cows |
 en route |
 en route |
 Masaai village |
 naptime in our room at Mara Simba Lodge |
 safari van, ready for our first game drive |
 Grant's gazelles (game drive #1) |
 Grant's gazelles (game drive #1) |
 landscape (game drive #1) |
 impala (game drive #1) |
 Thomson's gazelle (game drive #1) |
 Thomson's gazelles (game drive #1) |
 Thomson's gazelles (game drive #1) |
 Thomson's gazelle having a pee (game drive #1) |
 impala (game drive #1) |
 impala (game drive #1) |
 topi (game drive #1) |
 warthog (game drive #1) |
 gazelles and warthogs (game drive #1) |
 topi and gazelles (game drive #1) |
 zebra butt (game drive #1) |
 gazelles (they're everywhere) (game drive #1) |
 elephants! (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephant (with the "fifth leg") |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 eagle (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 elephants (game drive #1) |
 vulture (game drive #1) |
 vulture (game drive #1) |
 the lion sleeps tonight this afternoon |
 approaching the sleeping lions (game drive #1) |
 sleeping lion (game drive #1) |
 sleeping lion (game drive #1) |
 hartebeest (game drive #1) |
 hartebeest (game drive #1) |
 lone acacia (game drive #1) |
 acacias under the Kenya sky (game drive #1) |
 foxes (game drive #1) |
 acacias under the Kenya sky (game drive #1) |
 jackal (game drive #1) |
 jackals at home (game drive #1) |
 jackals at home (game drive #1) |
 jackals at home (game drive #1) |
 dik-dik (game drive #2) |
 dik-dik (game drive #2) |
 dik-dik (game drive #2) |
 secretary bird and bustard (game drive #2) |
 secretary bird and bustard (game drive #2) |
 eagle (game drive #2) |
 Grant's gazelles (game drive #2) |
 Grant's gazelles (game drive #2) |
 African grey-crowned crane (game drive #2) |
 African grey-crowned crane (game drive #2) |
 zebra (game drive #2) |
 zebra (game drive #2) |
 warthogs (game drive #2) |
 termite mound (game drive #2) |
 warthogs (game drive #2) |
 crane (game drive #2) |
 Grant's gazelle (game drive #2) |
 heading into tall grass country (game drive #2) |
 heading into tall grass country (game drive #2) |
 elephants in the distance (game drive #2) |
 elephants in the distance (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 female cheetah and 2 cubs (game drive #2) |
 ostriches (game drive #2) |
 ostriches (game drive #2) |
 "sausage" tree (you can make beer from the fruit) |
 "sausage" tree (game drive #2) |
 topis (game drive #2) |
 topi (game drive #2) |
 topis (game drive #2) |
 topi (game drive #2) |
 2 male lions (game drive #2) |
 2 male lions (game drive #2) |
 2 male lions (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 2 male lions (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 male lion (game drive #2) |
 landscape (game drive #2) |
 safari vans (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 more safari vans heading towards the lions (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 2 female lions (game drive #2) |
 cactus tree (Euphorbia candelabrum) |
 cactus tree up close (game drive #2) |
 cactus tree (Euphorbia candelabrum) |
 elephant pooping (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 bull elephants (game drive #2) |
 bull elephant (game drive #2) |
 zebra (game drive #2) |
 zebras (game drive #2) |
 zebras (game drive #2) |
 zebras (game drive #2) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #2) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #2) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #2) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #2) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #2) |
 our room at Mara Simba Lodge |
 Nile monitor |
 banded mongoose |
 Tarek River, next to the lodge |
 Tarek River, next to the lodge |
 Tarek River, next to the lodge |
 birds in acacia, from the dining room |
 birds in acacia, from the dining room |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 big sky (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffe (game drive #3) |
 waterbuk (game drive #3) |
 waterbuk (game drive #3) |
 Maasai giraffes (game drive #3) |
 baboon (game drive #3) |
 baboon (game drive #3) |
 baboon (game drive #3) |
 baboons (game drive #3) |
 baboon eating the baby gazelle he just grabbed |
 zebras (game drive #3) |
 zebras (game drive #3) |
 zebra (game drive #3) |
 zebra (game drive #3) |
 zebra (game drive #3) |
 searching for rhino (no luck; game drive #3)) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 big elephant family (game drive #3) |
 acacia tree (game drive #3) |
 jackal (game drive #3) |
 jackal (game drive #3) |
 jackal (game drive #3) |
 acacia and mountains (game drive #3) |
 beautiful Kenya sky (game drive #3) |
 spotted hyena with radio collar (game drive #3) |
 spotted hyena with radio collar (game drive #3) |
 spotted hyena with radio collar (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 acacias (game drive #3) |
 ostrich (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 ostriches (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 the hippo pool in Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 full moon rising (game drive #3) |
 big daddy hippo, Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 big daddy hippo, Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 big daddy hippo, Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 big daddy hippo, Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 big daddy hippo, Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 full moon rising (game drive #3) |
 Tarek River (game drive #3) |
 sun going down (game drive #3) |
 sunset (game drive #3) |
 sunset (game drive #3) |
 sunset (game drive #3) |
 sunset (game drive #3) |
 moon rise (game drive #3) |
 jackals at home (hyena burrow in the background) |
 jackals at home (hyena burrow in the background) |
 dining room at Mara Simba Lodge |
 heading back to Nairobi |
 wildebeest (not in MMNP!) |
 wildebeest |
 wildebeest |
 common road hazard--cowherds |
 large cow herd |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 Maasai village |
 Maasai village |
 giraffes on the move, in the distance |
 wildebeest |
 wildebeest |
 wildebeest |
 wildebeest |
 wildebeest |
 coffee stop in Narok |
 market where we stopped for coffee |
 Narok |
 cell towers |
 acacia in wheatfields in the Rift Valley |
 acacia in wheatfields in the Rift Valley |
 acacia in wheatfields in the Rift Valley |
 Rift Valley |
 RIft Valley |
 RIft Valley |
 driving on the new pavement |
 big truck passing |
 going up out of the Valley heading back to Nairobi |
 passing slower vehicles |
 RIft Valley |
 RIft Valley |
 power lines going down into the Valley |
 backseat view |
 typical highway view |
 yellow acacia |
 Rift Valley |
 Rift Valley |
 overlooks on the Escarpment, return view |
 goodbye for now, Rift Valley |