Jambo:
As I close in on the final days of my African Safari we are still searching for more leopards and of course a Cheetah with small cubs.
We started from our new base camp at the Mara Intrepids in the area known as the upper Mara. This is a vast plains area known for it's abundance of animals including several Leopards and Cheetah's. the early morning started with several grey backed Jackel pups who were very curious and came right up to our rover and tried to climb up and look into the windows.
There was a pride of several lions roaming around looking for their first victim but it seemed all the possible prey knew they were there so they weren't having much luck. In the distance we could see the migrating herds of Wildebeest that had to number in the thousands.
The afternoon game drive started out with a radio call that a leopard had been spotted, no pun intended, so we immediately headed in that direction and were on of the first to arrive to see this beautiful cat stroll through the grass. As luck would have it she climbed up onto a termite mound and just laid down to pose for us. After a few minutes the leopard started calling her cub to her with some low growling sounds and before long the cub was spotted coming through the brush towards the mother.
You can't imagine how many vehicles showed up one the word went out that a leopard had been spotted. It reminded me of the "bear jams" that they have in Yellowstone.
We stayed until the mother and cub let the mound and headed into the brush. At that point we felt we should give the camera's a break since we gave them a workout with the leopard. We headed back to camp for a hot shower and a wonderful dinner.
Two more days adventures to follow. So Stay Tuned
HATA SISI SEMA TENA
(until we speak again)
Doug on Safari
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