Scarface
The end goal of our trip was Masai Mara – Kenyas most well known game reserve. Here we stayed several days and went out for five game drives. The landscape here is the traditional open savannah. Our main target was, at least for me, lions – but also to try to catch something of the beauty of the landscape with the herds of animals – many giraffes, zebras, antelopes, ostriches – not so many elephants.
On one occasion tree cheetahs walked by only a few meters from our van. A heavy rain took away our photo chances on one drive, transforming the dirt roads to mud. But the four-wheel drive vans with the skilled drivers never got stuck. The lions we saw were usually lying in the grass, obscured and hard to get a good shot at. But at the last hour of the last drive our guide took an extra sweep and we found a big male, licking blood from his face after eating something unrecognizable. Around him were two jackals, hoping to get a bite. He was irritated and chased them away. We got very close and got good time to get some cleans shots. The scars on his face, the blood on the fur, and the sparkle in his eyes was fascinating to watch. Quite a final of our adventure.
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