Air Kenya flight from Nairobi to the Massai Mara National Park, Kenya, East Africa. The Mara, Kenya. The Mara Safari Club is located just outside the national park s boundaries alongside the Mara River. The park is the northern part of the infamous plains of the Serengeti. The hotel is very unique in that it is referred to as a luxury tented camp .
All tents afford views of the Mara River which is literally overflowing with hippopotamus.
Throughout my stay I listened both night and day to the trumpeting sounds of the hippos as they frolicked in the river below my tent. The Mara Safari Club provides guests with up to three separate game drives daily. I participated in the early morning and the late afternoon drives because they provided some relief from the oppressive heat, plus the best light of the day for photography. My safari guide Sammy seemed to have a sixth sense as to where to locate the wildlife. Several females, four cubs, and of course one very large male simba .