Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara National Reserve

  • Mara Bush Camp Tent #11
    Mara Bush Camp Tent #11
    Completely portable camp tents.
    Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3720
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mara Bush Camp Tent #11
    Mara Bush Camp Tent #11
    View of tent and porch area.
    Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3723
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & Masai Crafts
    Debbie & Masai Crafts
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3730
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dining Area
    Dining Area
    The Lunch buffet is served here.
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3731
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Food Serving
    Food Serving
    The buffet service.
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3732
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tea & Coffee Cart
    Tea & Coffee Cart
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#3734
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blacksmith Lapwing, juvenile
    Blacksmith Lapwing, juvenile
    Vanellus armatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6600
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6646
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6658
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6696
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6729
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6747
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grant's Gazelle, male
    Grant's Gazelle, male
    Nanger granti
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6849
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Somali Ostrich, male
    Somali Ostrich, male
    Struthio camelus molybdophanes
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6866
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, female
    Lion, female
    Panthera leo - walking near our vehicle.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6885
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juvenile & female
    Lions, juvenile & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012
    2012-09-08#6915
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise
    Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise
    Boscia albitrunca
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3751
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coke's Hartebeest
    Coke's Hartebeest
    Alcelaphus buselaphus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#6974
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coke's Hartebeest
    Coke's Hartebeest
    Alcelaphus buselaphus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#6983
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7107
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7150
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Somali Ostrich, female
    Somali Ostrich, female
    Struthio camelus molybdophanes
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7193
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & male
    Lions, female & male
    Panthera leo - we watched with interest as these two came together from considerable distance.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7229
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & male
    Lions, female & male
    Panthera leo - the female wasn't pleased with his attention.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7232
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo - he walked away with attitude.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7235
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-bellied Bustards
    White-bellied Bustards
    Eupodotis senegalensis
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7257
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tawny Eagle
    Tawny Eagle
    Aquila rapax
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7285
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & juvenile
    Lions, female & juvenile
    Panthera leo - the very small juvenile is just visible in the grass below the female.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7336
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juveniles & female
    Lions, juveniles & female
    Panthera leo - our driver negotiated an extremely rocky, grass hillside to get close to this scene.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7384
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & juvenile
    Lions, female & juvenile
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7462
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, juvenile
    Lion, juvenile
    Panthera leo - moving with the mother to another spot.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7525
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, female
    Lion, female
    Panthera leo - the mother surveying the area.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7565
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & juveniles
    Lions, female & juveniles
    Panthera leo - settled in the shade.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7592
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juvenile & female
    Lions, juvenile & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7612
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & juveniles
    Lions, female & juveniles
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7661
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures
    Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures
    Gyps rueppellii & africanus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7666
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Agama Lizard, female
    Agama Lizard, female
    Agama agama
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7672
    Larry L. Jackson
  • John, Silas & Debbie
    John, Silas & Debbie
    Stopping for breakfast.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3782
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures
    Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures
    Gyps rueppelii & africanus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3785
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7683
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Giraffes
    Masai Giraffes
    Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3793
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rosy-breasted Longclaw
    Rosy-breasted Longclaw
    Macronyx ameliae
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7747
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spotted Hyaena
    Spotted Hyaena
    Crocuta crocuta
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7760
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles
    Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles
    Struthio camelus molybdophanes
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7799
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles
    Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles
    Struthio camelus molybdophanes
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3817
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Somali Ostrich, juvenile
    Somali Ostrich, juvenile
    Struthio camelus molybdophanes - dwarfed by the massive leg of the male.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7815
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Impala, females
    Impala, females
    Aepyceros melampus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#3832
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, female & juvenile
    Cheetah, female & juvenile
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7826
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7863
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Acinonyx jubatus - mom having a stretch.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7884
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Acinonyx jubatus - playful juvenile grabbing mom.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7896
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, female & juvenile
    Cheetah, female & juvenile
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7935
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Cheetah, juvenile & female
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7947
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Serval
    Serval
    Felis serval
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7967
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Serval
    Serval
    Felis serval
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012
    2012-09-09#7980
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3841
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo - calling
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8089
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Topi, juvenile & female
    Topi, juvenile & female
    Damaliscus lunatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8138
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Topi, juvenile
    Topi, juvenile
    Damaliscus lunatus - testing springy legs.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8144
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8219
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & male
    Lions, female & male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8239
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & male
    Lions, female & male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8255
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Mongoose
    Banded Mongoose
    Mungos mungo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8319
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Mongoose
    Banded Mongoose
    Mungos mungo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8344
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk, juvenile or immature
    Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk, juvenile or immature
    Melierax poliopterus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8362
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lappet-faced Vulture
    Lappet-faced Vulture
    Torgos tracheliotus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8397
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Secretarybird
    Secretarybird
    Sagittarius serpentarius
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8425
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8497
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-browed Coucal
    White-browed Coucal
    Centropus superciliosus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8510
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-shouldered Kite
    Black-shouldered Kite
    Elanus caeruleus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8524
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juveniles nursing
    Lions, juveniles nursing
    Panthera leo - rangers spotted us off the road and ticketed our drivers.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8541
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Very Muddy River Crossing
    Very Muddy River Crossing
    After getting an off-the-raod ticket, we went back to camp for lunch.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3869
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Paradise Flycatcher, male
    African Paradise Flycatcher, male
    Tersiphone viridis - in the trees at camp.
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8577
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Wattle-eye
    Common Wattle-eye
    Platysteira cyanea - in the camp trees.
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8584
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male in rain
    Lion, male in rain
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3895
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male yawning
    Lion, male yawning
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3924
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male shaking off rain
    Lion, male shaking off rain
    Panthera leo - look closely and you can see the rainwater he is shaking off.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3950
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rain
    Rain
    The rain moving away.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#3961
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Ground Hornbill, juvenile & male
    Southern Ground Hornbill, juvenile & male
    Bucorvus leadbeateri
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8644
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Ground Hornbill, male
    Southern Ground Hornbill, male
    Bucorvus leadbeateri
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012
    2012-09-10#8655
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise
    Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise
    Boscia albitrunca
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#3971
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo - big pride resting after a night of hunting.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#3986
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juvenile & female
    Lions, juvenile & female
    Panthera leo - juvenile with leg of a kill.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8725
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male
    Lion, male
    Panthera leo - one of the two large, dark-maned males in the area.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8759
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Canis mesomelas
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8779
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill
    Canis mesomelas
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8793
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Talek River
    Talek River
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#3991
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hooded Vulture
    Hooded Vulture
    Necrosyrtes monachus
    Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8801
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bateleur, fluffing
    Bateleur, fluffing
    Terathopius ecaudatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8811
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bateleur
    Bateleur
    Terathopius ecaudatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8825
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grant's Gazelle, male
    Grant's Gazelle, male
    Nanger granti
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8884
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius
    Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#3994
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus, juvenile & female
    Hippopotamus, juvenile & female
    Hippopotamus amphibius
    Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8908
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow-billed Stork & Hippopotamus
    Yellow-billed Stork & Hippopotamus
    Mycteria ibis & Hippopotamus amphibius
    Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8912
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Bulbul
    Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8924
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wildebeest, female & juvenile
    Wildebeest, female & juvenile
    Connochaetes taurinus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8938
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Striped Kingfisher with a moth
    Striped Kingfisher with a moth
    Halcyon chelicuti
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8945
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Temminck's Courser
    Temminck's Courser
    Cursorius temminckii
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8963
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wildebeest
    Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#4002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mike
    Mike
    A Masai tasked with keeping wildlife out of our camp.
    Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#4022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Three-banded Plover
    Three-banded Plover
    Charadrius tricollaris
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8983
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-faced Whistling Duck & juveniles
    White-faced Whistling Duck & juveniles
    Dendrocygna viduata - not very white-faced.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#8995
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juveniles & female
    Lions, juveniles & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9039
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juveniles & female
    Lions, juveniles & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9050
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, female yawning
    Lion, female yawning
    Panthera leo - yawns look aggressive but are just the way it looks.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9068
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juvenile & female
    Lions, juvenile & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9075
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, juvenile & female
    Lions, juvenile & female
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9109
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions, female & juveniles
    Lions, female & juveniles
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9116
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sun Shafts
    Sun Shafts
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#4035
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wildebeest
    Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#4041
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, male drinking
    Lion, male drinking
    Panthera leo
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9149
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Greater Painted Snipe
    Greater Painted Snipe
    Rostratula benghalensis - not a very good photo, but a first sighting.
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9177
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tawny Eagle, immature
    Tawny Eagle, immature
    Aquila rapax
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#9188
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rainy Sunset
    Rainy Sunset
    Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012
    2012-09-11#4047
    Larry L. Jackson