Splitted day today. We go out at 6:15am and – after seeking for the Leopard – drive towards north. We have not been in this area before. Several lions are up there and first time we see a family with younger ones. Later at the Mara river the first African Fish Eagle. Unfortunately […]
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Tuesday July 15th, 2014: Game Drive Day 4
Another full day trip planned. We leave again at 6:30am and want to see another time the crossing. On our way we get a 911 for a Cheetah having a rabbit. Unfortunately we are not early there to see the hunt. A Jackal crosses our way, very nice animals. Very shy… Later at […]
Monday July 14th, 2014: Game Drive Day 3
Full day tour planned for today. We started at 6:30am until 4pm with lunch outside. Moving in South-West direction towards the Tanzanian border. We asked to see the Gnu crossing over the Mara river, so we’re trying that one. Before we leave towards that, a message is sent to Jackson that a Leopard with his […]
Sunday July 13th, 2014: Game Drive Day 2 (evening)
Leaving at 4:15pm from the camp. to north direction. Clouds are again showing that rain is supposed to come later. The sun does not give much light and most of the animals are in the shadows. However some good shots were still able to be done. For dinner the crew prepared a nice barbecue. Unfortunately […]
Sunday July 13th, 2014: Game Drive Day 2 (morning)
Yesterday we agreed to start at 6:15am. For this we had to get up at 5:30am. The room stewart served coffee and some small bites on the veranda. Nice to sit outside and have a coffee in the darkness… We are leaving the camp but it is still dark. However, within 1/2 hour the early […]
Saturday July 12th, 2014: Game Drive Day 1
The first Game Drive started at 4:30pm. With the off-roader we went for a short round trip. Starting with good light but clouds were already showing in the back and the light got bad later. Lucky we were that the first shot taken in the Masai Mara was directly number one on my list: Too […]
Saturday July 12th, 2014 (morning)
At 7:30am we were picked up by Jackson. Now a long road trip to Masai Mara started. Around 270 km through the Great Rift and down to Narok. The last part of around 60 to 70 km were dirt roads. At 1pm we arrived at Little Mara Bush Camp. After lunch and getting familiar with […]
Friday July 11th, 2014
Flight from Hamburg to Nairobi via Zurich. After having checked with Swiss Air and Lufthansa that it is possible to check-in the luggage the night before, we went to Hamburg on Thursday late afternoon and have one night in Radisson Blu (Airport). The early check-in was a frustration. As the co-partner for Swiss Air for […]
Some Macros (2014-07-04/05)
Several Red Admiral butterflies in the garden sitting on a syringa. Not sure whether I got that right. Looks like a Northern red-banded yellow jacket.
Some Macros (2014-06-25)
Again between some phone calls found some time to shoot several macros in the garden. Above bumblebee was done with ISO 1600. Quite decent quality.