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Sala’s Camp Safari – Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Narok, Kenya

September 13, 2019 – September 16, 2019

September 13, 2019 – Today we checked out of Angama Mara and got picked up by our next camp tour guides. The camp is Salas Camp and our tour guides’ names are Daniel (Driver) Masek (Spotter). They are also very nice, knowledgeable and very patient. The drive to Salas Camp was about 2 hours. Along the way, we were lucky enough to see a Secretary bird kill and eat a lizard which was really cool. The bird got that name because they stomp on their prey like typing on a keyboard.

Upon checking into Salas Camp we got a tour of the property and after getting settled in and having lunch we decided to go for an afternoon game drive. We ended up seeing 2 sets of a different lion pride. After driving around for an hour we met up with the other people who are at Salas Camp and had sundowners.

After the sundowners, we went back to the camp and had a few drinks by the fire pit and had dinner which was really good.

September 14, 2019 – Today we got up at 5:30 am and I barely slept because there was a buffalo and a couple of elephants eating right by our window and they were making a lot of noise. Our game drive started out with the best thing you could ever see a rare sighting of a Cheetah killing a wildebeest. We saw this female cheetah attempt to get one three times and she finally did which was amazing! The poor guy held on for about 5 minutes. We watched the cheetah eat her meal for about an hour. It’s pretty amazing to see that happen in person and hear the tearing of the meat and crunching of bones.

After the cheetah kill, we decided to park by a tree and have our breakfast. Daniel and Masek cooked us an amazing breakfast. The Land Cruiser was equipped with a grill so they were able to cook us a warm fresh meal. We had coffee, tea, apple juice and they made pancakes, egg omelets with bacon and sausage. All cooked on the grill that was part of the Land Cruiser.

September 15, 2019 – Today we went out in the morning and once again it was freezing in the morning. We got a chance to see 5 male cheetahs which are very rare because cheetahs travel alone. Afterward, we had a really nice breakfast once again. Daniel and Masek are great chefs. They made us French toast and eggs and minced meat. It was delicious!

Once breakfast was over we visited a Maasai Village and it was interesting to see how they live and find out what they do to survive with all the wild animals living around them. After the village, we went back to the camp to have lunch and relax before the afternoon game drive.

In the afternoon game drive, we saw the usual animals nothing really exciting but the sundowners were really nice. We got a chance to get to know our tour guides more which was cool.

September 16, 2019 – Last night was really insane there was a male lion circling our tent looking for his pride of females and he kept grunting and it was pretty loud. Today we checked out of Salas Camp and headed to the airstrip to catch our flight back to Nairobi.

If you would like to see where and what we ate while visiting Sala’s Camp.

Our visit to a Maasai Village

Our welcome Sundowners with Maasai Warriors

Mongoose playing and eating

Vultures

Rhino

Wildebeest Migration

This truck got stuck and we were entertained lol

Sala’s Camp Tent/Hotel – Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Narok, Kenya

Sala’s Camp

September 13, 2019 – September 16, 2019

Angama Mara Safari – Mara Triangle, Kenya

September 9, 2019 – September 13, 2019

September 9, 2019 – Upon arriving at our first campsite we got a tour of the place and got settled in and decided to go for an afternoon game drive. Our tour guide was Robert. He was the best tour guide we have ever had. He was patient as well as a great driver. Another great thing was that he was very knowledgeable. Every question we asked he knew the answer. The first-afternoon drive turned out to be a good one. We got to see a few lions and lioness’s and we also had a rare sighting of a Serval cat and luckily we saw it kill and eat a mouse.

September 10, 2019 – Early game drive and we met Mark and Roberta. We drove around and saw some lions, wildebeests, zebras, elans, warthogs, and hyenas. We met up with the rest of the camp and had sundowners.

September 11, 2019 – Late game drive – Nano, Mark, and Roberta did the hot air balloon ride and we met up with them afterward. The first half of the morning John and I saw a lioness with her cubs and she was dragging her kill into the bushes. We saw mostly the same animals as yesterday except at the end of our game drive we got a chance to see a lioness kill a wildebeest right by the rear tire of our truck.

September 12, 2019 – Early game drive – We basically saw a lot of the same animals.

September 13, 2019 – Today we checked out of Angama Mara and got picked up by our next camp tour guides

If you would like to see where and what we ate while visiting Angama Mara.

Rare sighting of a Serval cat catch and eat a mouse (2 Videos)

Ants working

Elephants

Male lion with half a tail

Wildebeest Migration – race to get a good viewing spot

Actual migration after the race

King of the jungle roars to keep the family in line

Lions eating their catch

Life of a lion

4 lion brothers casually walking

Lion laying down

Warthog babies

The lioness kill – Wildebeest for dinner! (5 Videos below)

The lioness chases the Wildebeest to the rear tire of our truck

The second video is the catch

Another angle of the catch

The third video is the suffocation

Another angle of the suffocation

Our photos from our time in the Mara Triangle

Angama Mara Tent/Hotel – Mara Triangle Narok East, Kenya

Angama Mara

September 9, 2019 – September 13, 2019

Giraffe Manor – Feeding the Giraffe’s – Nairobi, Kenya

September 8, 2019

We got picked up by the Giraffe Manor and it was about an hour drive. When we checked into the manor we decided to go to the giraffe centre where we had a chance to feed the giraffes and go on a nature walk with Felix. The nature walk was a little uncomfortable because there is a chance of seeing wild animals and we are on foot without a weapon so that makes us very vulnerable.

After the nature walk, we had lunch which was really good. After lunch, the giraffes came to be feed and we took a bunch of cool pictures. Once the pictures were done we freshened up and then got ready for dinner.

Once again the dinner was really good. After dinner John, Nano and I hung out by the fireplace and after about an hour we decided to go to bed because the next morning we were getting up at 5 am to have breakfast with the giraffes.

September 9, 2019 – Today we got up early to feed the giraffes. It was really cool because they stuck their heads into the window. After we fed the giraffes and had breakfast we got a transfer to the airport to fly to Angama Mara which is located in the Mara Triangle.

If you would like to see where and what we ate while visiting Giraffe Manor.

Giraffe Manor Hotel – Nairobi, Kenya

Giraffe Manor

September 8, 2019

We adopted one of the Giraffe’s name Mpingo (Bingo)

Nairobi, Kenya

September 7, 2019

Flew to Nairobi by Emirates and then we stayed at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel for one night.

The hotel had high security. It felt like I was back in Hillcrest High School. The cool thing about this hotel is that it was full of beautiful Roses.

September 16, 2019

Today we checked out of Salas Camp and headed to the airstrip to catch our flight back to Nairobi. When we got to our hotel in Nairobi we just decided to relax because we had an early flight tomorrow to Livingstone, Zambia.

The absolute best Chicken Noodle Soup EVER!!!

Hotels We’ve Stayed In :-)

These are some of the fabulous Hotels we were lucky enough spend time in.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands – Amstel Hotel – April 8-12, 2013

Andasibe, Madagascar – Vakona Forest Lodge – June 15th – 16th, 2016

Anguilla, Caribbean – Belmond Cap Juluca – April 23, 2017

Asheville, North Carolina – Omni Grove Park Inn – October 23, 2020

Athens, Greece– Hotel Grand Bretagne – August 10th – 13th, 2005,
November 3, 2011,
July 12, 2018

Atlanta, GA – Waldorf Astoria – November 2, 2019 – November 5, 2019

Austin, Texas – Four Seasons – May 17, 2021 – May 18, 2021

Baltimore, Maryland – Four Seasons – October 14, 2020 – October 15, 2020

Bangkok, Thailand – Mandarin Oriental – March 30th & 31st, 2014

Bora Bora, French Polynesia – Four Seasons – January 21, 2015

Boston, MA – XV Beacon – October 11, 2019

Big Island, Hawaii – Hilton Hotel – February 28 – March 2, 2017

Charleston, South Carolina – Belmond Charleston Place – October 26, 2020

Charlottesville, Virginia – Albermarle Estate at Trump Winery – October 15, 2020

Chicago, IL – Peninsula Hotel – August 30, 2017 – September 1, 2017
Trump Hotel – March 21, 2019 – March 23, 2019

Cape Neddick, Maine – Cliff House – August 2, 2020 – August 5, 2020

Cincinnati, Ohio – Netherland Plaza Hotel – April 28, 2019

Cong, County Mayo, Ireland – Ashford Castle – August 2023

Dallas, Texas – The Joule – May 15, 2021 – May 17, 2021

D.C. – District of Columbia – Trump International Hotel– June 8, 2021

Des Moines, Iowa – Embassy Suites – August 23rd – 24th, 2017

Doonbeg, Ireland – Trump International Doonbeg – August 2023

Dubai, UAE – Raffles – November 22, 2011
Medinat Jumeirah – September 2, 2019 – September 4, 2019
Burj Khalifa-Armani-September 4, 2019-September 6, 2019
Burj Al Arab – September 7, 2019

Eze, France– La Chevre D’Or – May 27, 2019 – May 29, 2019

Florence, Italy– Four Seasons – February 2011

Grand Anse Mahe, Seychelles – Hilton Northolme – June 18th – 22nd, 2016

Grand Rapids, Michigan – Amway Grand Rapids Hotel – April 26, 2019

Honolulu, Hawaii – Ritz Carlton Residences – June 14, 2022 – June 18, 2022

Hot Springs, Virginia – Omni Homestead – October 17, 2020 – Oct 19, 2020

Huntington, NY – Oheka Castle – September 2018

Jerusalem, Israel – Waldorf Astoria – July 15, 2018

Johannesburg, South Africa – Intercontinental – September 20, 2019

Kahuku, Hawaii – Turtle Bay Resort – June 18, 2022 – June 20, 2022

Ko ‘Olina – Hawaii – Disney Aulani – September 13, 2018 – Sept. 20, 2018
September 14th – 21st, 2013
September 7th – 14th, 2014 September 23rd – October 1st, 2016 February 23rd – February 28th, 2017

Kruger National Park/South Africa – April 2009

Limerick, Ireland – Adare Manor – August 2023

Livingstone, Zambia – Royal Chundu – June 7th – 13th, 2016

Maui, Hawaii – Westin Hotel – March 3rd – 7th, 2017

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Hilton Hotel – August 28, 2017

Montauk, New York – Gurney’s Star Island – October 9, 2020 – Oct 10, 2020

Monte Carlo, Monaco – Hotel De Paris – May 23, 2019 – May 27, 2019

Nairobi, Kenya – Giraffe Manor – September 8, 2019
Angama Mara – September 9, 2019 – September 13, 2019
Salas Camp – September 13, 2019 – September 16, 2019

Nashville, Tennessee – Hermitage Hotel – May 24, 2017 – May 25, 2017

New Orleans, LA – Ritz Carlton – October 28, 2019 – October 31, 2019

Newport, RI – Castle Hill – October 9, 2019
The Chanler @ Cliff Walk – October 10, 2019

Orlando, Florida – Ritz Carlton – August 25, 2022 – August 27, 2022

Oceania Cruises Suites – Owners Suite 1 & 2, Oceania Suite, Vista & Penthouse Suite

Palm Beach, Florida – The Breakers – September 22, 2013, October 25, 2015
Mar-A-Lago – Members since 2021

Papeete, French Polynesia – January 24, 2015

Park City, Utah – St. Regis – September 27, 2016 – September 28, 2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ritz Carlton – August 8, 2019 – Aug. 10, 2019

Rome, Italy – Westin Excelsior Hotel – February 7th – 20th, 2011
Ritz Carlton -August 18th – 21st, 2012
Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri – August 23, 2018
Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri – June 2, 2019 – June 4, 2019

San Diego, Califonia – The US Grant – September 20, 2022 – September 23, 2022

Sedona, AZ – Enchantment Hotel – September 27- 29, 2010