BY paulkiru
The annual wildebeests migration from Serengeti into Masai Mara National reserve has delayed this year. This is due to the heavy rains we had earlier in the year, that ensured availability of water and pasture in Serengeti. Last year, the migration started almost a month earlier. There is plenty of grass this time round as […]
BY paulkiru
Preview Kidepo Valley National Park lies in the rugged, semi arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with south Sudan in the north west and only 5km from the eastern border of Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species. […]
BY paulkiru
In an unusual way at this time of the year, the wildebeest have made another dramatic come back. Over the past week, the concentration in the south of the reserve around the Sand River swelled to an enormous number and around the Naimalumbwa exactly as they did in July when they first came. In fact […]
BY paulkiru
We are all saddened, by the passing on of Scar Face, an iconic Male lion in Masai Mara yesterday, through a natural cause, old age. I have known Scar Face since September 2011, when he and 3 other nomadic males whom we named Morani, Hunter and Sikio, who were his age appeared near Musiara Marsh. […]
BY paulkiru
The migration of wildebeests has started in the Masai Mara game reserve, and now, the stage is set for one of the world’s most fascinating wildlife spectacle. The first herds crossed the common border of Kenya/Tanzania from Northern Serengeti into Masai Mara, about 5 days ago. The wildebeests came through their traditional route west of […]
BY paulkiru
The wildebeests have now entered the Mara. I can now confirm after a fact finding mission round the entry points along the Mara and Serengeti border. This may be the earliest arrival recorded in recent past!. I don’t remember when we last witnessed the wildebeests migrating into the Mara from Serengeti in late May. The […]
BY paulkiru
The migration has finally entered the Mara. Big herd came into the sand river area between Koga and Naima Lumbwa hills over the last 3 days where they advance has been slowed down by the amount of grass in the way. We have been watching them on the plains across the Sand River, but the […]
BY paulkiru
We are delighted to announce that Kenya has removed the PCR Covid-19 test requirement for entry for ALL fully vaccinated travelers. Here is a link to the latest Kenya general travel requirement issued on 11, March 2022. In Summary: • All passengers coming to Kenya who are fully vaccinated shall be exempt from the requirement of […]
BY paulkiru
Fig, The leopard queen of Olare-Motorogi conservancy died last even from lion attack on the conservancy between Amani Mara Camp and Olare Kempinski. The two male lions had earlier in the morning killed a zebra fowl, on which they fed on and left but were not too far away. Fig later in teh evening may […]
