On The Road To Sarengeti National Park

We saw the younger lions stalking off toward a herd of wildebeest, and drove to follow. We got to watch a game of chicken. The lion would prowl closer, the wildebeest would step back. Then  or two wildebeest would prance forward, and jump back when the lion moved forward. This went on for quite a while. I guess the lions weren't hungary, just busy playing like a kitten with a ball of yarn. 

We came across several spotted  hyenas, including a pack at a watering hole. We also saw a cheetah - it's funny how with the first spotting of s cheetah we all went crazy even. though he just sat there. Now we've seen so many, the sight of a cheetah just sitting is "so passe". Many in our truck didn't even stand up or get out their camera. 

We stopped for lunch and to get permission to enter the Serengeti National Park. We climbed a hill overlooking where we came from and the park. The was a caribou pelican posing for pictures and trying to scavenge from the trash. His beak was black, and Alfredo told me is because he's a carnivore (ie. it was blood). That's also why the flies are all over his beak.

As we start through the Serengeti, the land is out very flat, with small and medium hills. The hills are termite nest. Thinking about the number of termites in a hill of that size, grosses me out. 

We came upon three cheetahs munching down on a gazelle. Up popped a head. The mother was hiding in a ditch but making sure her kids were safe. When a vulture circled closer by, the mom came out of hiding and stood watch. 

As we were making out way toward the lodge, we saw a leopard  (that finishes the big 5).  He was lying in a tree limb with his kill on a "v" in a branch nearby. (I found it interesting that leopards take their prey up a tree so other animals don't take it.) Then we got a surprise - a baby cub.

Saw giraffes and elephants, including a baby trying to nurse from a sister (no food there). There was a huge pack of impalas that crossed the road in conn of us (they get the right of way). Our guide told us that it was one male with his wives and kids.  We backtracked a little to see a servil cat. It looks like a kitty cat, with shops like aa cheetah on his body and stripes on his neck.