Today we allowed ourselves to sleep in a bit… up at 7, 8 am breakfast. Dan and I were treated to a “Bush” breakfast this morning! What a wonderful treat!

As hard as it was to tear ourselves away from this camp, we had one last full day on the Serengeti and we wanted to make the most of it!

Yesterday was such an amazing day, we thought we might just see a few familiar animals, but David was on a mission to find his favourite cat, the Cheetah! No sooner had we turned onto another road, but we found a Servat that was roaming for food.

A short while later we passed a pond… no hippos, but we did catch this giant sunning himself.

Soon after this, David got a call that there was a leopard sighting so off we went. David told us yesterday that Leopards and Cheetahs share the same territory, so it’s not uncommon for either cat to prey on the young of the other to try to manage the territory. Well, this morning was a lesson in spades!

Meanwhile, we caught sight of the mother Cheetah still needing to hunt for her breakfast.

We soon moved on to see what else we could find. Not expecting much when we set out, our day was already full and it was only 10;30!

As we moved on we saw a white billed bustard and a couple of ostriches.

As we continued to drive we saw a lone vehicle close to a copi (looks like a pride rock kind of formation). What an amazing find! An entire pride of lions, save the male, was lounging in the sun!

Time for us to stop exploring and make our way to the picnic ground.

Leaving the picnic area, we headed back down the hill and through the tall grass and came upon some more wildebeest and zebras. Only this time they had hitchhikers!

No sooner had we left this interesting phenomenon but we came across quite a large herd of elephants. Look at these photos and tell me they don’t show emotion and love!

As hard as it was to tear ourselves away from this incredible experience – they literally surrounded our vehicle at one point, we needed to press on!

On the way back to camp we saw a sea of zebra, a small herd of Hartebeest and more wildebeests migrating at a run.

It’s been an exciting day on the Serengeti. I asked our guide what it was like in high season, which starts mid June and run through August, and then again in October, November. He said there wasn’t as many wildebeest and zebras as there are migrating now. However, they have eaten the grass down like a monstrous swarm of locusts so you can see anything that hunts on the plain. Cheetah, Leopards and lions are sometimes easier to spot… but our guide has said there have been trips in high season that they saw no big cats. Moral of this story is to go at the end of May like us!!

It’s been a long day and tomorrow will be an early start for us. We are leaving the Serengeti and moving south through the park to Ngorongoro crater and then on to Tangire National park. Two more days of safari before we head back to Arusha and prepare to head home.

Enjoy today! With any luck we’ll have some great wifi at our next sight and I can continue to keep you all updated. Until then!