2022
The Migration is underway
I’m excited today about going out on my first game drive for nearly 4 weeks. The moon is full when we leave camp giving the morning a soft glow before the sun rises. As we head towards the main road, we see many vehicles stopped on the road, with many more racing to the same spot leaving huge dust trails behind them. It hasn’t rained now for a few weeks, so the land is very
Success in the Savannah
This week since I have broken my wrist and am unable to get out into the park for at least another couple of weeks a good friend and travel agent, Thyra Rutter has written a blog this week about her experience on a game drive during her stay with us at Fisi Camp. So, enjoy and I will be back just as soon as my wrist heals. A silent cheetah stalks its prey. Waiting for
An uninvited guest
This morning I am joining a group of guests from Arte for Elephants tours. These agents bring groups to our camp, from America, four or five times a year and they are always good fun to be with.We have an early start, stopping briefly as we enter the park, to look at a large number of Zebra and Wildebeest that are gathering on the plains adjacent to our camp.These Wildebeest and Zebra are from Tanzania,
A quiet day in the Mara
The first thing we see after crossing our small stream into the park is a group of noisy guinea fowl, followed by one of the local Hyena. As we enter an area known as the salt lick, just before we emerge out onto the plains, we find a large herd of Zebra here. It is known as the salt lick due to the high mineral content in the ground, the Maasai regularly bring their cows