My Second Day on Safari

Today we woke up at quarter to five for a game drive from 6.30am until 10.30am and then another at 3.30pm until 6.30pm. I had seen the leopard, and lion of the Big 5 yesterday, elephant, buffalo and rhino were still to come. Here is what we saw with labels above.

Antelope

Wildebeest

 wildebeest galore - a breakfast buffet for their predators

Elephants and their babies

A satisfied Lioness 

And a not so happy Wildebeest

 Hippo - who looked like he'd been to Hawaii wearing a lai

Buffalo

 MMMMMMM More breakfast

Hyena waiting for the lion's leftovers

                                This is what we saw in the second game drive of the day.                                                                        

Cheetah

Black Belly Bastard

Baby Jackal who had made a termite mound home.

Then we came across 3 sleeping brothers, mmeeooww!

 

Further down the river were baby lion cubs playing around while their mum was also trying to sleep.

Just before we finished the day, we came across a whole pride of lions of all shapes and sizes.

And while we were watching the lion pride we heard on the radio that a rhino had been spotted. There are only 44 left in the Mara and this one is as old as my parents.

Big 5 completed - tick

The sun was going down and the rain was coming. It rains hard in the Mara so we had to cover the truck and put our bags up in case the rivers we crossed flowed into the truck.

That was my day it was really interesting, I wish I could do it all again.. oh wait I can!  More to come on Day 3




Joseph Hewson