{"id":37,"date":"2010-11-22T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-03-09T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T09:32:14","slug":"maasai-mara-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2010\/11\/maasai-mara-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Masai Mara, Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We will call this morning game drive “The lion experience”. \u00a0We saw 2 young male bachelor lions 3 km from the camp site, 1 lioness with 5 cubs catching the early morning sun rays, a single lioness drinking water by a stream, 2 lionesses with a young male lion snoozing in the morning sun, a lone maned male lion lying in the sun oblivious to our big yellow truck, and a lone female eyeing off a herd of about 60 buffalo and 10 elephants from her termite mound. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We cannot forget the herds of elephant especially the 50 or 60 that were seen together, or the herd of 25 Maasai giraffe.<\/p>\n

The Mara is no more than 1500sq km and is a haven for many of Kenyas game species as we saw today.\u00a0 It truly was an exceptional game drive.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tip of the day: <\/em><\/strong>If a cup of coffee makes you want to pee, please consider refraining if game driving in the Masai Mara.\u00a0 There is nowhere in this park that does not have lions and can therefore make a bush pee a once in a lifetime experience!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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