Day 4 (Tue, 11 July) - Masai Mara

Got up at 8am and went for a game drive.

Masai Mara lived up to our expectations. Vast rolling grasslands punctuated by iconic trees. Beautiful!

As it is the start of the migration we saw loads of zebra, wildebeast, impala and a lone elephant. Also some spectacularly coloured birds.

It was absolutely brilliant hearing the little cubs 'squeak' as they played.

We came across a small group of female lions sheltering in a copse and were astounded to see that they had a number of cubs with them!!

Got back to camp about 12pm and had a little sleep until our next drive at 3pm. It was great to see the light change over the Masai Mara as the sun started to set.

Saw some lions, including cubs of all ages, (although no adult males) lounging around some shrubland. They suddenly became perturbed, becoming agitated before diving deeper into the shrubs. The reason became clear. A very large herd of cattle were being driven by the Masai not some 50 metres away and the sound of the cow bells had driven them off.

Our driver warned the Masai that lions were very near and in true Masai style they just smiled. To say they are a bit hard would be an understatement!

Got back to camp for a great dinner and sleep.

Note: there are no fences around the Masai Mara. Our camp is about 400 metres from one of the entrance gates and if animals wanted to they could wander into camp. The reality is that they don't although it is reassuring to have Masai people guarding us at night!