Reporting Date: 27.02.2013

Elephants need to be balanced in the ecosystem. when too many can degrade the environment. Elephants do not only feed on grass but also on leaves, tree barks, fruits and roots. During game drive the Ranger come across broken trees all over by elephants. This behavior   destructed the Guest attention viewing elephants as destroyers of environment .The Ranger told them that , on the other hand elephants are known to improve the vegetation  with their dropping.

.

View the table of sighted animals

Reporting Date: 26.02.2013

As you drive along the Mara River you will come across schools of Hippo on a pool of water, which forms a territory. Any intruder to the pool will not be spared . The way Hippos stay in the pool of water reflects the way we humans stay in the hot tub with simple reason of either cooling our body or warming it .Hippos use water as place for refuge during the day  as they cannot withstand the sun.Their skin is very venerable to heat and will easily form cracks subjecting them to severe pains.

View the table of sighted animals

Reporting Date: 24.02.2013

 Mara River is known to harbor many crocodiles including some giant ones. They intermingle very well with hippos while in water. Though they both stay in the water Hippos can only hold their breath in the water to a maximum of five minutes while crocodiles can stay under water for over one hour. The guests on the game drive spotted one big crocodile which had popped out of the water after almost hours in the water and wondered how they manage this yet they do not have gills like the fish. Their Ranger Deus told them that Crocodiles can hold their breath underwater for more than an hour; this ability depends on a tiny fragment of the animal's hemoglobin the protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Crocodiles use a waste product of metabolism - the bicarbonate ions formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water - as the trigger for hemoglobin to unload the oxygen it carries. The more energy the crocodile's cells burn up, the more carbon dioxide they produce. So the bicarbonate triggering mechanism ensures that large quantities of oxygen are supplied only to the hard-working tissues that need it the most, thus conserving a submerged crocodile's limited supplies. This efficient system of oxygen allocation, combined with the reptile's very slow metabolism, explains how it is able to survive underwater for so long.

View the table of sighted animals

Reporting Date: 22.02.2013

Guests on game drive were amazed by the wonderful landscape.  The area is coved by long grass making it look like rice/ Oat plantation .The Ranger informed the Clients that ,the soil is rich in nutrients and when it rains  the grass gets the  ecological agility to recover within a short period of time from the  drought . The tall grass creates a cover for the cats when hunting giving them a big advantage which on the other hand  becomes a disadvantage to the prey as they cannot see the cats easily.

View the table of sighted animals