Last year, Jayne and I had a fantastic two week holiday in Kenya and Zanzibar, to celebrate a special birthday. We visited Kenya for a week's safari and then had a week on Zanzibar. Whilst there, we spotted 134 species of bird (118 of which were lifers), 42 species of mammal/reptile and amphibian (all of which were lifers), 15 butterfly species (all lifers) and 3 species of Dragonfly 9 (all lifers).
Our trip started off in Nairobi, where we stopped for a night, before heading off to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. We spent two days here, staying at the Sopa Lodge, and travelling out onto the reserve.
On the first drive (4pm - 6.30pm), we spotted Impala, Topi, Eland, Plains Zebra, Cape Buffalo, Thompson's Gazelle, Wildebeest, Olive Baboon, Maasai Giraffe, Grant's Gazelle, African Elephant, Hippopotamus, Spotted Hyena, a Mongoose species, most likely Banded, Silver-striped Jackal and African Lion!
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