[Worldtrippers home] [Crystal home]
The weather this morning was fair and cool – perfect for exploring. (We also thought it would have been perfect for a hot air balloon ride, but that’s another story.)
The day started right off with a highlight. We came across four male lions who had just eaten. (You could tell by their full bellies, and the fact they looked half-asleep.) Once again, they didn’t mind being surround by trucks. (We are told all the animals are used to trucks and don’t bother them. But if you try walking around, that’s another story.)
This was followed by another highlight: a clan of hyenas. These notoriously rare (and normally nocturnal) animals were finishing off the remains of a carcass. When they saw us they immediately ran off, but we were able to track some of them for a while. This was a truly exceptional sighting.
We finished the morning off with another pride of lions: two males and a female. They walked right next to the truck, mere feet from us. Then they laid down in the road and began grooming themselves. (Many of their mannerisms remind us so much of our house cats.)
As a grand finale, Gail was finally able to see her first wild elephant. We saw a lone male eating branches off the side of the road. Nevermind told us he had probably been banished from the female-dominated herd (or “memory”) for misbehaving. After he spends a while in timeout, he will be allowed back in the herd again.
