You’re on safari in the Maasai Mara. You’ve already seen lions, elephants, wildebeest and zebra on your way to camp. Your head is buzzing and your pulse racing. Now relax, submit to the unruffled safari chic, the friendly warmth of Kenya’s Mara Plains Camp.
By Roxanne Reid
You’re on safari in the Maasai Mara. You’ve already seen lions, elephants, wildebeest and zebra on your way to camp. Your head is buzzing and your pulse racing. Now relax, submit to the unruffled safari chic, the friendly warmth of Kenya’s Mara Plains Camp.
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