Lions – a pride feeding on a wildebeest, “McDonalds of the Serengeti during the migration”. Quite a lot of protocol – dominant male feeds first and only when he has his fill, do the lionesses and young lions get to feed, if they try to come close, he snarls and fends them off, they waited impatiently at times! During our sighting another male appeared in …
In the early hours of the morning had a thunderstorm, woke us up but then I crashed again. Cannot say the same for Glenn and Wayne who showed by for our full day on the Landcruiser a bit tired… Day started wet and cold. We were off at 6:30am and had planned to be out until 4pm – breakfast and lunch packed. Was a bit …
Ring neck dove call – at dawn the doves call “work harder” and then at 4pm they say “drink lager” Lions – 2 sightings, first in a light drizzle as we set off in search of the leopard, saw 3 strolling past us and heading to the riverbed to hang out and wait for feeding opportunities which are plentiful this time of the year. …
Opted for a 7am start. Off to find the cheetah and her cubs and see if we could witness the kill. We were rewarded with a couple new game sightings. The most notable was the hyena feast surrounded by vultures and Maribel stork. The animal behavior and interaction is fascinating and even Simonne was captivated by the hyena feeding on their kill. Time for our …
After a leisurely lunch back at camp, headed out again at 4pm, no time for a shower. It was raining as we left camp but we were rewarded with a migration – thousands of wildebeest were migrating across the plains, walking, running, grazing en mass as they head off with their babies heading back north to central Serengeti. What a sight! They sound like an …
Wrapped up the evening with a delicious dinner, pumpkin soup and lamb, in a romantic settling next to the roaring fire pit surrounded by bush and a couple of grazing zebra.
Our goodbye could not have been more perfect. Breakfast was a throwback to my childhood – jaffles (a grilled breakfast sandwich), my Mom made these growing up and raised funds for the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts by selling jaffles at the show grounds. A real reminder of growing up in South Africa… Inspired to buy a few jaffle irons for our new outdoor bbq …
