Lions I and two Maasai friends were driving around the Maasai Mara game reserve in an old beat up 4 X 4 last April, when we were privileged to see twenty-one lions in one day. This number was something none of us had anticipated, nor had ever seen before. We stumbled upon one lion group after another throughout the day. After spending about half an hour with the group in this photograph my friend joked that we needed to see two more to turn our already astonishing count of eighteen lions, into an unbelievable count of twenty. Well, one of my favorite things about being on safari is that it’s different very time. You never know what you’ll see – ever. That day will be remembered as the day of lions. Upon returning to the gate, we spotted not two, but three more, topping out at twenty-one for the day! Not bad. We returned to camp elated and ready to share our stories.

Lions I and two Maasai friends were driving around the Maasai Mara game reserve in an old beat up 4 X 4 last April, when we were privileged to see twenty-one lions in one day. This number was something none of us had anticipated, nor had ever seen before. We stumbled upon one lion group after another throughout the day. After spending about half an hour with the group in this photograph my friend joked that we needed to see two more to turn our already astonishing count of eighteen lions, into an unbelievable count of twenty. Well, one of my favorite things about being on safari is that it’s different very time. You never know what you’ll see – ever. That day will be remembered as the day of lions. Upon returning to the gate, we spotted not two, but three more, topping out at twenty-one for the day! Not bad. We returned to camp elated and ready to share our stories.