Last night was a bit better of a sleep night as I became a bit more used to the sleeping bag and tent - and not nearly as noisy either!

Our goal for the day was to find lions and cheetah, with an end goal of transiting to the Ngorogoro Crater rim camp site

Today was much warmer (and sunnier) which led to good picture taking. It started out with some beautiful giraffe and gazelle in the morning.

We then went to the Serengeti museum, which is basically a walkthrough of the Serengeti's history, regions and funding. It's interesting that so much support comes from Germany, specifically the Frankfurt Zoological Society - here's a link for more information: http://www.zgf.de

The best part of the museum though were the small animals roaming the grounds, in particular the Slender Mongoose and Rock Hyrax - here they are!

When we were done, we were off on our lion hunt. Obviously, the guides know the common places the lions like to eat and rest, since we went straight to a shaded tree where we saw the male lion and lionesses. The male had obviously finished eating, while out of camera view the lioness was chewing on some fresh meat. We got lots of good photos, although there were an incredible amount of flies around, making the lions look quite annoyed at times.

Once we had had our fill of the lions resting and eating, we travelled through another amazing section with the migrating wildebeest herds, along with tons of zebras - couldn't resist taking a few more photos!

Just before lunch, we went to another likely lion common area, where we saw a lioness perched on top of rock, it was a great photo opp with the rock and blue sky in the background.

Then it was time for us to eat!

03/01/07 by bryan+elizabeth
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