Jambo from Mara Intrepids
His has arrived :-( our final day on safari. It has gone by so fast, and we have seen some incredible things and I am sure the memories will stay with me the rest of my life. BUT WAIT! There is still another morning and afternoon game drive so let's get to it!!
The Cheetah's of yesterday were amazing and we were thinking, how could it be better, but to our surprise it could. We found the mother Cheetah with the young cubs again and they were right by the road having breakfast of a Thompson Gazelle that mom had caught in the pre dawn hours. We had a small rain shower overnight so the grass was a little wet and the ground was a little muddy but that did not stop the cubs from playing and rolling around in the mud. They were having the time of their lives running, rolling and sliding in the mud.
We stayed there the entire morning and I believe I shot nearly 500 images of the cubs. The youngsters were running under our rovers and stopping to look up at us looking out the windows at them. They would climb up the tires and sit in the wheel wells and look out at us. You just wanted to pick one of them up and take it home with you.
As we headed back to camp for lunch we were somewhat saddened with the realization that we had come to the last drive of the safari. If the afternoon drive held nothing for us that would have been OK because the things we saw up to this point have been amazing. Just when you thought it could not get any better that what had seen the safari gods smiled on us one more time with more Cheetah cubs, this time they were dry. We needed go not further because the images that unfolded in front of us were simple unforgettable. The love that is shown between the cubs and there mother compares to what you feel for your children you could see the affection in the actions of the cubs as they snuggled with their mother and safety she provides.
I just hope that these cubs can grow up to be the majestic animals that they are and that there will be these cats as well as all the animals around for the generations to come. The experiences that I have been so fortunate to have are a reminder of just how may beautiful and fragile places there are on this planet.
So as I say goodbye to our final Safari I would like to thank all my friends who have followed me on this journey. I look forward to seeing you all in the near future and relay to you all the wonderful times I had.
See you all soon.
Doug off Safari!!
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