Here are just a few photographs of the wildlife to be seen in the Maasai Mara. All were taken in the space of a two-hour drive and a ninety-minute walk, accompanied by our friendly and knowledgeable Maasai guides.  In just three days we saw all of the ‘big five’. There is such a variety and…

A highlight of my second visit to Kenya was the Maasai Mara, the traditional homeland of the Maasai people that spans the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Although traditionally a nomadic people, the governments of both countries have instituted programmes to encourage the Maasai to abandon their semi-nomadic lifestyle. although Oxfam has suggested that their…