As game
drives go there was nothing out of the ordinary today. Morning went as planned,
we left at 0800 and entered the park 15 minutes later.
We drove
around until leaving at around 1630, only interrupted by a break on a hill and
lunch under a tree after driving off a wildebeest. Apparently this is pretty
normal procedure; looking around you could see several lonely trees being
occupied by safari vehicles with tourists having their lunch. Shade is a rare
commodity on the otherwise open savannah.
The hilltop
felt familiar with good reason; it was the same place as where we had lunch
last year.
Other
than that things went more or less as planned; several of the usual stuff, no
leopards or rhinos, but cheetahs. All in all not a bad day.
Coming
back in camp Monika (the other tourist) & Patsie went to visit the Maasai
camp while I stayed behind. When they returned they had invited themselves including
me to a naming ceremony that was to start at 1900. Arriving we found out that
the actual naming wouldn’t start until after 2100 so after a bit of talking
with the locals we returned to camp and had dinner (which was as planned; we
had not planned to stay there for much longer than half an hour).
Tomorrow
we will have an early morning drive leaving at 0700 before returning to
Nairobi, and in the evening we will meet with our guide for the next leg of the
trip.
Bare-faced go-away-bird.
Zebra with foal.
White-back vultures.
The lion and jackal look like friends going for a walk. In reality they both wanted access to a carcass and they were constantly eyeing each other to make sure the other didn't get too close while taking a bite.
Lappet-faced vultures.
Cheetahs taking a nap in the shade.
Lioness.
Hildebrandt's starling. Quite a few of these showed up during our lunch break.
Black-backed jackal.
Banded mongoose with pup.
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