Obviously the Mara is the top savanna of Africa Safari. A bird's eye view of the action below stirs my expectation.

Within several minutes of flying into the Mara, we spot an elephant and giraffes beneath, and on the banks of the Talek River, a pair of hippos partially exposed from the water.

It's end of June, just following long rains and the period prior to great migration and the savanah is full of tall golden green grass of different shades.

As we drive through, we bump into many Thomson's gazelles grazing by the roadside.

Farther, a parenting cheetah with a round belly gazes our way as it eats what remains of an antelope. Meanwhile the cub is still savoring the meal, its nose reddish with blood.

"Cheetahs are diurnal. They hunt during the day," explains the guide. "They are not as strong as lions and leopards, thus they eat fast otherwise their meal will be taken. They can even be chased away by packs hyenas or vultures."

Minutes away, we come across another cheetah and her two cubs on an anthill. They watch us slothfully but the mother's ears pick the sounds of the cowbells and she sits up vigilant, watching the plains. The flock of Masai cows is far far away and not sensing any risk to her cubs, she slops down again, easy.

The heavy rains have halted and the plains are full of grass making it arduous for the smaller wildlife to graze. Mostly it is the huge animals like giraffes and elephants and the bigger antelopes that can be easily seen around.

This makes hunting challenging for the cats and they end up with strange tactics. It is not odd to see lions and cheetahs trying to mount trees and anthills to get a high vantage position for searching for prey.

Cheetahs claws never foldup like those of the other cats and would not usually climb trees, but because they need to locate prey, they'll attempt anything.

Cheetahs, not like other predators, are weak so they hunt smaller-sized antelopes, by pursuing them to fatigue as they go for the jugular vein of the prey to make a swift kill.

Minutes after sighting the second cheetah, we encounter another cheetah Mother (Shakira).

"Shakira had five cubs however two were killed," the guide quips. "Cheetah mothers typically keep relocating when they have cubs to escape lions and leopards killing their cubs."

Ahead a pride of twelve lions appears consisting of a male, females and cubs. The male roars, the roar echoing beyond the plains, as it flips over on its rear. The females stand up ready to prowl the plains.

"This is my favorite in the Masai Mara," says the guide, "because there is less traffic and makes it easy to see animals."

In another few days it will be July, and the plains will start filling with wildebeests as they move from the Serengeti.

There will be a million plus wildebeests crossing the Sand River and moving to the far end of the Mara before whirling to make the cyclic journey. By the end of November, all the grass will be consumed by the wildebeests and some 400000 zebras and other wildlife.

In one afternoon, in a radius of 10 km, we have discovered numerous wildlife. What a way to begin our Masai Mara safari.

The next day, as the sun ascends in the horizon, the plains seem quieter. This day we go forth seeking for the big five.

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