We woke up early this morning for a game drive around Lobo Lodge. We headed out before the sunrise, but the light of dawn was in the ski. This was one of our favorite drives because we were alone on the Serengeti and it was very peaceful. Our goal to find a cheetah and leopard. Our attempts were thwarted, however, we did see some lions lounging around on some rocks. What a great way to start the day. We returned to the lodge for a buffet breakfast and headed out to Seronera Lodge. We actually saw a cheetah! Our driver spotted it lying down. When it heard us stop, it sat up and ran away from us, but to the side of the road. We had a great view of it. I scrambled to get my camera and stood up to get a shot of it out of the sun roof and it bolted across the road quickly and gracefully. I think I got a picture of its hindquarters because our camera is so slow to turn on. It ran about 50ft to a bush and laid there, watching us to make sure we weren't going to follow him. Our other car (our group of 9 is big enough by now that we take up 2 cars) joined us and we watched him through the binoculars hoping that we could see more action, but he was enjoying relaxing in the shade.
We drove around looking for a leopard, but no results in this area. Lobo Lodge provided a boxed lunch for us, so he headed over to the park headquarters, which had a nice sitting area with a trailed walk around the place, including signs and information. While eating we were frequently visited by beautiful birds, hyraxes, and mongoose. And on our walk around the headquarters we say a beautiful, bright green, slender snake called a Green Mamba.
By the time we arrived to Seronera (3:00 p.m.) I was not feeling well. I was on my second day of intestinal "discomfort" and needed a rest. However, upon our arrival we heard news of a leopard sighting in the area, so Tammy and her kids went for a look and saw it! Shortly after they returned everyone (sans myself) went out again at 5:00 p.m. and saw it as well, but not as clearly as it was high in an acacia tree with its kill! I enjoyed staying back at the room, taking a nap and reading. I decided to stop skirting the issue and took some medication to help the situation. Dinner was lovely as usual, but I left a bit early due to my intestinal issues, which apparently after I left were the most interesting topic of conversation they could think of for the evening!
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