Anyone that takes the 'text books' of African wildlife too literally may not expect me to be blogging about what we saw yesterday in the Mara. Technically the guide books will always state that the wildebeest migration takes place between July and September and this is indeed generally true and of course the same time of year when the Mara...
Yesterday afternoon was certainly an afternoon that we will always remember, and one that will remain in our minds for some time. The rain started again at around 3pm , as it has every day since we arrived and the pattern certainly seems to mark the onset of the short rainy season that has come a little earlier this year (normally...
Our first blog comes two days into our trip to the Mara and its been quite an eventful one already! We had arranged to travel down to the Mara with our friends Aatish and Aashit Patel. Its a journey we have all both done many times but travelling to the Mara in convoy is always a good plan if that...
Finally we have managed to start loading on some of our favourite images taken during our July 2012 trip to the Masai Mara. CLICK HERE to view our gallery In just over a week or so we are back to Masai Mara for just a short trip so check back here for more African bush adventures! ...
Leaving Hotel Anna we were back off on our travels again, this time for the 2 hour journey to Geysir and Gullfoss waterfall via Thingvellir National Park. As we arrived at Thingvellir we could see why the area was a UNESCO site, steeped in geological and historical interest the park was surrounded by volcanoes, most extinct or dormant. However, the...
Up until April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull was 'just another' one of Iceland's many volcanoes that are scattered over the entire island. However, that was all to change when Eyjafjallajökull awoke from her slumber from beneath an icy glacial blanket and became a house hold name (assuming you can pronounce it of course!). Soon Eyjafjallajökull became a news headline across the...
We started off early on the morning of the 22nd Sept from our hotel in Keflavik, having arrived late the evening prior. The plan for the day was a 2 hour drive to the South of the island to the tiny ferry port of landeyjahofn and from where we would board a car ferry for the short 30 minute journey...
As a slight break from the norm and our usually African adventures Andy and I are off to a somewhat colder location! For those that know us it's' no secret that as well as our interest in wildlife we are both closet geology 'geeks' and fascinated with all things 'tectonic' and wilderness related.Previously our interest in volcanoes has seen us...
It’s true that most of the blog posts written here have been about our animal sightings and in some respects we make no apologies for this given thats why we go to the Mara! However, its come to mind that we have never really blogged about the journey to/from Nairobi which really is an adventure in itself, but also not...
On the 13th July we first took a drive down towards the Oloololo Gate, in search of the Oloololo Pride of Lions, also known as the “Out of Africa/Kichwa Pride. They had been seen the day prior close the a Murram pit so the plan was to search around this area and beyond.Large herds of Elephants, including big breeding herds,...