Safari Day 13- Last Game Drives- Masai Mara

This day would sadly be our last day of safari game drives, so we headed out into the Masai Mara to see what we could see!  One of the highlights of the morning was actually a little strange.  We saw a hyena that looked like he was chasing something, so everyone perked up wondering what he was chasing.  Turns out....it was a black plastic bag.  We watched this situation for a while.  The bag had been blowing in the wind and when it stopped, the hyena appeared to be afraid of this unknown "animal" and slowly walked away.  A few minutes later, some jackals came to inspect Unknown Black Creature and deemed it...just a plastic bag.

It's hard to see in this picture, but the hyena is located to the right of the black plastic bag.  For those environmentalists out there, you should know that as soon as the wild animals had left the area, our driver made sure to pick up the bag so as not to confuse future hyenas.

Our drive this morning included a stop at the Mara River.  This river is famous for the times during the Great Migration when thousands of wildebeest and zebras cross the river (many of which subsequently die by crocodiles or drowning).  At this time of year, the wildebeest population is actually in the Serengeti.  But we did witness a few brave zebras make the river crossing.  I am happy to report that they all made it to the other side!

Other fun sightings on our game drive included topi, this is a type of antelope that we only saw here in Masai Mara.  They like to stand on the termite mounds to keep lookout. 

We ended our last game drive with a beautiful sunset.  Of course, we had to capture it with the silhouette of an acacia tree for the ultimate African photo.  

We went back to our camp for our last dinner in the bush.  Tomorrow we would head back to Nairobi and continue on with our journey.