We started today with a fairly early start. 7 am breakfast and 7:30 checkout and into our jeep for a full day in the park. We entered the park at around 8-8:30 and began our way across the park.

Today’s focus was on the central part of the park, and we would be staying in the park for the next 2 nights at Singing Grass Lodge.

Our morning started with a sighting of my favourites, a small herd of giraffes.

David then took us on a treacherous muddy bumpy road that ended up at the Hippo Mecca of the park! On the way there, we spotted another wildebeest kill lying in the ditch with the lioness resting nearby. Circle of Life!

When leaving the hippo Mecca, we spotted some Baboons. Just when I was wondering if the park had any primates, and lo and behold, here they are.

There were more animals and birds on our trek, including a beautiful Grant Gazelle, a grey heron and more giraffes.

Then it was back to hippo heaven again. This time, when we approached, I thought David had chosen the right side of the river/pond to be on as all the other safari vehicles were on the other side. Then all of a sudden they came driving towards us! Yes, all of them forded the stream… and then it was our turn!

From the other side we could also spot a croc, that was sunning itself on a mud bank.

Just down the road a ways we found a grouping of elephants, enjoying water from the river that fed the hippo pond.

And then David headed off to another sighting. This time it was a Leopard who had just made a kill (a young wildebeest) and dragged it up 8 metres into a tree! Apparently, others had sighted the leopard with one baby. Being very shy, she headed off.

We headed down the road and then David did an about face. The mother had returned to the tree to feed, leaving her young hidden in the grass below.

After watching for a while, she came back down. We continued along the road and saw the biggest herd of zebras yet!

It was time for us to have our win lunch, so we headed to a spot where they start the balloon safaris in the park. Quite a nice set up. Again with lots of shaded tables ( although not nearly enough for folks during high season).

After lunch, we headed back towards the Leopard sighting, and this time the mother and cub were up in a different tree napping off their food comas!

All very exciting! From there we stopped at yet another pond with hippos, but more interesting I found were the variety of birds around this place. We saw Griffens, eagles, vultures, heron and Egyptian Ducks to name a few.

After this, it was time to head to our new camp for the night. While travelling across the plain towards the hillside camp we spotted a huge herd of wildebeest and zebra running across the road. No guff, the line must have been a kilometer long! We managed to break through after 5 minutes of waiting…phew!

Along the way we also saw some warthogs who weren’t too shy for phots as well as some Hartbeest.

We soon arrived at our camp, tired with another full day. We were greeted royally and a troop of staff carried our suitcases etc to our tent. (Well, if you can call a 700 sq foot enclosure a tent, complete with an indoor and outdoor shower!)

Well, since I’ve been able to post the two previous days, it’s now time for diner!

What a great surprise! We were treated to a “Bush” dinner. Our own private dinner table by the fire with the sounds of the Serengeti as our background music!

Well, it’s been a long and exciting day. Now it’s time for sleep as the roar of the not to distance lions welcome us to our new home for the next 2 nights! Until tomorrow!