Short version (and I'll try and post more later) is that this has been an amazing experience. We're staying in an isolated tent camp along the banks of the Mara River. It's small, and private, and we're the last group of guests for the season. They then completely dismantle and store the camp until next June. Every night we hear amazing animal sounds and we routinely have hippo eating in the camp after dark. Last night we heard hippo (hippo are right down in the river below the bluff on which the camp sits), baboon, hyena, lion and leopard.
Sightings have been excellent. Amazing really. The landscape is hard to describe. There's nothing to block the skies so big views in every direction and it's softly beautiful everywhere you look. The density of animal life is astounding. Almost overwhelming. The migration is over, but the rains have been weird so there are many more wildebeest than we would usually have this time of year.
A couple of days ago we took a hot air balloon ride over the Mara. Amazing, except for the loud, loud tourists we shared a basket with. More to come on that.
And now lunch is served so I have to run!
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