The Maasai Mara is a place of many unbelievable sights and sounds. We stayed in the Porini Lion camp at Olare Orok Conservancy and it more than lived up to its name. During our stay there, we saw 16 adult lions and 14 lion cubs. Olare Orok Conservancy has the highest concentration in Africa of resident lions living in its 20,000 acres – more than 120 of them! We photographed and filmed them hunting, feeding, basking in the sun, sleeping, playing with cubs, cleaning wounds, roaring warnings to other prides, and we were even fortunate enough to catch the VERY rare sight of them mating!
Terri woke up around 3:30 one morning to the silhouette of a male lion against our tent. It quickly moved on as a Maasai warrior shined his torch and “encouraged” it on its way. The next morning she asked the camp manager at breakfast, “Was I hallucinating or was there a lion outside of our tent last night?” He nonchalantly responded, “Last night was a busy night with many visitors – a lion, hippos, monkeys, an elephant, and few hyenas. Nothing much to worry about.” “Ok then!” Terri replied wide-eyed as she cut a bite of her fresh mango and strawberry filled crepe. JoAnn and Ellen giggled nearly simultaneously, “T.I.A., baby! This is Africa!”
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