Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Woody in Tanzania


The Masai Mara is just so big and so full of animals that it is difficult to comprehend. We thought initially that it lacked some of the character of the other two, smaller wildlife areas that we had visited … but on reflection I think that we would all agree that it offered just another magical dimension to our journey in Kenya.
For a start it has over 500 species of birds including 16 species of birds of prey. The Masai Mara covers about 700 square miles and our lodge at Keekorok was just north of the border with Tanzania and the Serengeti National Park and just east of the Mara River. On one of our safari drives in the Masai Mara we crossed over into Tanzania where I had my photo taken sitting on a log. Nobody can say that I don’t get around … go to Kenya … get photographed border-hopping in Tanzania too !!