Mara Serena Safari Lodge

  • Rock Hyrax
    Rock Hyrax
    Procavia capensis - just outside our room.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#4262
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-headed Rock Agama
    Red-headed Rock Agama
    Agama agama - males are colorful, females are very plain.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#4271
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-headed Rock Agama
    Red-headed Rock Agama
    Agama agama
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9913
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Part of the Serengeti.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#4273
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
    Mara Serena Safri Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9911
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dwarf Mongoose
    Dwarf Mongoose
    Helogale undulata - eating a large beetle.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9921
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rooms
    Rooms
    I stayed here in 1999 on my first trip to Africa.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#4277
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Horniman's Green-banded Swallowtail
    Horniman's Green-banded Swallowtail
    Papilio hornimani
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9926
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pringle's Puffback
    Pringle's Puffback
    Dryoscopus cubla
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9929
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scarlet-chested Sunbird
    Scarlet-chested Sunbird
    Nectarinia senegalensis - male.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9940
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Collared Sunbird
    Collared Sunbird
    Hedydipna collaris - male.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9953
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baglafecht's Weaver
    Baglafecht's Weaver
    Ploceus baglafecht - male.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9958
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Marico Sunbird
    Marico Sunbird
    Cinnyris mariquensis - male.
    Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9962
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo, females - the first of many lions seen on this trip.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9968
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nile Crocodile
    Nile Crocodile
    Crocodilus niloticus - this huge crocodile was about 3 feet wide.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9972
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Mongoose
    Banded Mongoose
    Mungos mungo
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9981
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Mongooses
    Banded Mongooses
    Mungos mungo - part of the large family group.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#9985
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 31, 2017
    2017-08-31#4282
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunrise
    Sunrise
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4284
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Giraffes
    Masai Giraffes
    Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - juveniles.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#9997
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Giraffes
    Masai Giraffes
    Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - female & juvenile.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#9999
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Giraffes
    Masai Giraffes
    Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - female & juveniles.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0010
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-browed Coucal
    White-browed Coucal
    Centropus superciliosus
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sooty Chats
    Sooty Chats
    Myrmecocichla nigra - female left, male right.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0030
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4288
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion
    Lion
    Panthera leo - male sleeping, a very typical situation.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0034
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo - females and juveniles.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0040
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo - females
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0059
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo - juvenile & female.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0074
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lions
    Lions
    Panthera leo - females & juveniles leaving a kill.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0147
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    Lion, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    Panthera leo, Gyps africanus & rueppellii - although finished with the kill, the lions didn't want the vultures to have it.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4306
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    Gyps africanus & rueppellii
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4333
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Marabou Stork, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    Marabou Stork, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures
    Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Gyps africanus & rueppellii
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4337
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis - likely a male and female.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0203
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0217
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis - interesting scar on the left flank.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0225
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0229
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Serval
    Serval
    Leptailurus serval
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0264
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Serval
    Serval
    Leptailurus serval
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0282
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra
    Plains Zebra
    Equus burchelli - a common resting pose.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0298
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra
    Plains Zebra
    Equus burchelli
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0308
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    A tall, flowering bush that I can't identify.
    Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0335
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra
    Plains Zebra
    Equus burchelli - drinking, not crossing the river.
    Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0358
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-browed Robin-Chat
    White-browed Robin-Chat
    Cossypha heuglini
    Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0367
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ruppell's (Long-tailel) Starling
    Ruppell's (Long-tailel) Starling
    Lamprotornis purpuroptera
    Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0386
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion
    Lion
    Panthera leo - female hunting.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4363
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion & Blue Wildebeest
    Lion & Blue Wildebeest
    Panthera leo & Connochaetes taurinus juvenile - the Lion caught and killed the juvenile Wildebeest.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4388
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion
    Lion
    Panthera leo - female with her kill.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0430
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra & Nile Crocodiles
    Plains Zebra & Nile Crocodiles
    Equus burchelli & Crocodilus niloticus - this Zebra didn't make it across the river.
    Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0466
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western White-bearded Wildebeest & Nile Crocodile
    Western White-bearded Wildebeest & Nile Crocodile
    Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi & Crocodilus niloticus - the huge crocodile killed this wildebeest.
    Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0544
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nile Crocodiles
    Nile Crocodiles
    Crocodilus niloticus - tearing a Wildebeest apart.
    Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4405
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion
    Lion
    Panthera leo - big male.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4414
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lion
    Lion
    Panthera leo - noticing this male's teeth, it seems he is an older individual.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#4434
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset & Tree
    Sunset & Tree
    Sunset & Boscia albitrunca
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0721
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset & Topi
    Sunset & Topi
    Sunset & Damalicus lunatus - thanks to Silas for this moment.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017
    2017-09-01#0731
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Balloon
    Balloon
    Every morning there were as many as 9 balloons flying.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4457
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Balloons
    Balloons
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4470
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Hornbill
    Crowned Hornbill
    Tockus alboterminatus - seen at great distance.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0740
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow-throated Longclaw
    Yellow-throated Longclaw
    Macronyx croceus
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0764
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-crested Eagle
    Long-crested Eagle
    Lophaetus occipitalis
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0772
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Impala
    Impala
    Aepyceros melampus - male.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0776
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lilac-breasted Roller
    Lilac-breasted Roller
    Coracias caudatus
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0851
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4480
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shepherd's Trees
    Shepherd's Trees
    Boscia albitrunca
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4487
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra
    Plains Zebra
    Equus burchelli
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0893
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ground Hornbill
    Ground Hornbill
    Bucorvus leadbeateri
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0920
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ground Hornbills
    Ground Hornbills
    Bucorvus leadbeateri - killing a terrapin and eating an egg.
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4546
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western White-bearded Wildebeest & Plains Zebra
    Western White-bearded Wildebeest & Plains Zebra
    Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi & Equus burchelli
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#0952
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset & Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Sunset & Western White-bearded Wildebeest
    Sunset, C taurinus mearnsi & B albitrunca
    Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2, 2017
    2017-09-02#4569
    Larry L. Jackson