We were awake before the tea arrived at 6.00am which was quickly followed by shout 'bucket' shower ready. So I made the tea, had a few slurps and jumped into the shower and finished my tea when I came out while John worked in reverse! We were away by 0630 taking a packed breakfast with us which we are on the banks of the Mara watching the biggest crocodile I have ever seen and a family of hippo sunning themselves on a sandy beach. We also saw Egyptian geese, a be...

The day started with tea at 6.00am followed by breakfast and a final walk as we are off to the Serian camp in the Masai Mara national park today and walking is not allowed. Fresh buffalo poo meant an early lookout for another lone male buffalo who thankfully we didn't spot until our return leg when we saw him in the distance and too far away to require a course deviation. Next we saw hippos who were still grazing and slowly making their way back to the safety of...

We awoke at 6ish and lay in our big round double bed in the tree house listening to the world wake up. The hippos were grunting as they returned to their safe haven, the river, vervet monkeys were bouncing through the tree branches in the tree on the opposite bank and there was a range of birds providing the morning chorus. We lay there safe in the knowledge that breakfast wasn't arriving until 0730. The sun soon warmed the air - it was going to be another hot da...

Another late rise by safari standards albeit the tea arrived at 6.00am - well it was actually coffee - John was despondent as he needs his morning cuppa to get going! We also thought we may have someone else's coffee - but as it turned out we didn't.....the good thing was we had enough coffee for two cups each which made up for the mistake. ( At this point I am also despondent because for some reason my lovely blog didn't publish properly and now 9 days later I ...

We had a wake up call at 6.00am with tea even though we were having breakfast in camp and leaving at 8am for a walk to the ridge. We had Sam and the two Masai who patrol the walking conservancy with us - old Sam apologised for not coming last night - his knees - so he was going to clean the jeep instead! We crossed the river near the Serian Ngare camp (the small camp on the other bank)which was connected to us by a bridge which took one at a time. We then slowly ...