10:05pm, May 12th, 2019
This morning, we woke up early to go to the Masaimara Game Park which is about 5 hours away from Nairobi. Our safari guide picked my aunt and I up from our hotel and then we went to pick up Sula Kiggundu which is Remi Kiggundu’s son. Once we picked him up, we started our long and very bumpy journey. Sula and I talked about his time in the U.S. at Yale. Then he told me a bit about the company he works for and how he is an entrepreneurial investor even though the went to college with his mind set on being an engineer. We stopped at the rift valley which is so much more expansive than I could have imagined.
We finally arrived at our camp. We were greeted with fruity beverages and shown to our tents. Not knowing what to expect, I realized my tent is no different than a regular hotel room so we are basically glamping. We had lunch and then started to get ready to go on a short safari. When I went back to get some things from my tent, there was a massive group of monkeys outside my tent along with a few baboons! They were kind of intimidating and sounded like they were growling at me so I quickly ran into my tent.
We went on our way to the Mara and soon gained entrance. We were on the lookout for lions, that was the main goal for the afternoon. We saw an abundant amount of elephants and water buffaloes and we saw a hyena. Happily we came across a lazy male lion stretched out in the shade. I had finally gotten to see my first lion and all I wanted to do was reach out and pet the fluffy guy but I knew I would be lunchmeat if I did so I decided against that. We then drove on and saw a few giraffes and a group of about eight female lions all laying around and one young male amongst them. All of the female lions were lying on top of each other and licking each others and it was an amazing site to see. The game park closed at 6:30 so we had to leave. On our drive back to camp we go to see the sunset which was outrageous. I saw the tall grass of the Mara turn gold with pink and purple hues and the entire world around me glowed. From horizon to horizon everything was golden.
Hours for the day: 8
Hours in total: 85.5
Until tomorrow
Maria
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