Tag: Ker and Downey Safaris

• Life and Death on the Mara River

  

  Of the 1.5 million wildebeest that trek into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti each year, an average of 300,000 die, most while crossing the Mara River. While death at such a scale may seem senseless, it plays a vital role in the nourishment of the river ecosystem for years after the dust settles.

  Jan Fox

  30/08/2020

  Travel

  Africa, Conservation, kenya, Ker and Downey Safaris, Masai Mara, Masai Mara National Reserve, Migration, Recent, Wildebeest Migration

• In Tsavo East With Some Wilful Wildlife

  

  ‘That’s the way to approach Tsavo East,’ my younger son, Jan, said. As the aircraft came down through the clouds, it flew along the jagged edge of the Yatta Plateau, traced the Galana River, flew low over the Lugard Falls, and banked steeply to make the Lugard airstrip. It was breath-taking – in more ways…

  John Fox

  18/08/2019

  Camping, Travel

  Andreas Fox Safaris, Conservation, Elephants, Ker and Downey Safaris, Lions, Mobile Camping, Recent, Safari, Tsavo, Tsavo East National Park, Wild dogs, Wildlife