After the balloon ride we spent the rest of the day on a game drive in the Masai Mara. Here are pictures from the first part of the day. Enjoy!
I believe this was a butler hawk. We distrubed his meal of a baby warthog and he flew into a tree.
The same hawk circles the vehicle.
Another bird stops by.
What to you call a gathering of vultures? A "wake" of vultures.
Zebras brave the crocs to get some water.
There were plenty of crocs about.
Hippos in the Mara river.
More hippos relaxing in the river.
Hippos go wading in - never mind the crocs.
Watching a hippo on the Mara river.
An iridescent wasp on a flower.
A lion walking down by the river.
Another shot of the lion.
Part of the massive wildebeast migration. This time over the sand river.
Part of the wildebeast migration.
Watching the wildbeast cross the sand river.
A panorama of the herd of wildebeast on the other side of the river.