It all happened on day 3. It started early at 6am - quick coffee and we were off the luxurious campsite, headed into the Serengeti courtesy our driver Roy. It was unseasonably chilly that morning and it refused to warm up till much later. Our agenda for today was the hippo pool. But we started our day stumbling upon a lion couple on their 'honeymoon'. They had the schedule of mating every 10 mins with a period of R&R in between. It was kinda amazing and awkward at the same time - watching them. But they couldn't care less that we humans had nothing better to do than gawk at them procreating. Oh well...we didn't really.
We reluctantly dragged ourselves away from the scene and moved on , only to stumble upon a cheetah furiously tearing away at his recent prey. We were so close we could identify that it was an impala he had nailed down. Again , as long as we didn't interfere with his meal, he couldn't care less that we were staring at his bloody paws and mouth while he was stuffing it in.
Oh whatte day! And it was only mid-morning. Back to the camp for a hearty breakfast and then idled away the afternoon with some yoga and chit chat till lunch time. And then headed back to the park - this time for the hippo pool. Saw a crocodile sunning himself on a rock by the lake. And the hippos were content soaking around in the pool, cooling their bodies in the water and swishing water with their tails on their backsides every so often. It was amazing to see them yawn - their huge jaws and sharp pointed teeth. Hippos have apparently killed more humans than any of the big 5 actually. This is coz they are so territorial and won't stand humans invading their space. They can outrun humans despise their huge size and weight - if provoked. Which none of us intended to do.
Caught sight of an elephant while we were on our way back. And a wild wildebeest who was running around in circles, apparently mad. He was killed by a lion minutes after we left the scene. We ended up catching the sunset as well - a beautiful ending to a happening day in Serengeti.
Dinner, followed by more fireside chats, in which we discovered our Swedish friends had seen a giraffe baby being born!! And the youngest boy to attempt kili was a 13 yr old Canadian. It's never enough, is it?
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