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Kenya was our first stop, we got to our hotel at around 11pm.  A quick beer and bed as we had an early start the next morning.

The local lager

After a early breakfast we set out on a rather bumpy 3.5 hour journey to our safari camp, crossing through The Great Rift Valley.  The afternoon was spent napping and going on a Maasi Mara walk, our guide explained aspects of how the Meaasi live and there traditions along with pointing out wildlife as we walked.

Our neighbours

A Lion’s kill just a day ago!

The walk ended at a Maasi village where the tribe danced and sung for our arrival and proceeded to show us around there home. Aimee bought a Maasi bracelet and we headed back to our lodge for dinner and of course a couple kenyan beers.

 The Maasi people singing and dancing.

Safari day, 5.30am breakfast, followed by a extremely bumpy 1.5 hour drive to the game park.  We spent most of the day here driving around searching for the big 5 (lion, leopard, buffalo, hippo and rhino).  Our tour guide had promised us at least three of these being lion, buffalo and hippo.

Family of elephant’s protecting their young.

Big Buffalo

This was topped by getting a slim glimpse of a leopard resting under a bush (one of the rarest to spot).  We also came across a cheeta with two cubs, elephants, wildebeest and another smaller cat which I cant remember the name of but was apparently very rare to see.

Cheeta mum waiting for her cubs.

Cat I can’t remember the name of!

So all in all, our flying visit to Kenya has been a success, we travelled back to Nairobi this morning and are now sat in our hotel killing time until our flight to Thailand tonight.