6am we headed out with our guide to watch the herds of wildebeest interacting and tried to witness a kill (ambitious). Also on the lookout for cheetah and leopard. May need a vacation from my vacation, seem to be rather short nights. They were everywhere, as far as your eye could see the wildebeest were grazing and, on the move, every now and then getting skittish, off running and jostling across the savannah. Being able to witness this is spectacular. Of course, as we went along we found lions who were active and on the lookout for food, a pride of 4 tried to stalk a Topi but he picked up their sent and bolted.

We stopped for breakfast in the bush and were spoilt with homemade granola, papaya, muffins, boiled eggs and Kenyan coffee – delicious. Our view was hundreds of wildebeest across the savannah. We set off again and encountered more lions (this time sleeping), vultures – one had eaten so much he just sat perked on a stump too full to fly, carcasses, and then a male lion stalking a herd of wildebeest, an unsuccessful kill but awesome to watch. Still holding out for a kill. Lots of birdlife, two great moments:

• juvenile fish eagle by the river, managed to capture it taking off, majestic bird
• watching a woodpecker feeding

Headed back to camp after about 6 hours out. Time for lunch, as you can see from my photos we were spoilt – the perfect setting with the Serengeti as our backdrop, china and crystal table setting, and fresh beautiful food. Decided a glass or two of sauvignon blanc was required! Before our game drive, Edward prepared our hot bucket shower – good feeling to be clean again, the bush is pretty dusty – the saying goes “bush makeup”. For the afternoon game drive, we went in search of another crossing but no luck, saw lots of animal activity and enjoyed appreciating the “circle of life”. On our journey back to camp we stopped for sundowners in the bush, gin and tonics all round. Seemed appropriate. Back at camp Glenn had planned a romantic dinner for two at our tent, a great end to two days of “camping”. Wait there is more…

It was a noisy night with wildebeest snorting and communicating to each other around our tent, hyenas were in camp and even a leopard. In the morning we saw the droppings all around the side and back of our tent I did try to convince Glenn to go out the back of the tent in the early hours of the morning and take a look at how close they were, but he wanted none of that!