The Kill

We headed off for an early morning game drive.  We are now totally surrounded by wildebeests.  You can hear them all night making sort of a honking noise.

We then found a group of five cheetahs, four adolescents and one mother, eating an impala.

That one has food on his face.

We were not alone.

They were all a bit jumpy.  We think the cars were too close.

We pulled away from the group as it appeared they were moving on.  In driving through a bush, we scared a rabbit in their general direction.  Then all five of them took off like a rocket to chase the rabbit.

The mother caught it.  It was amazing!

The vulture took over the impala.

They left the bunny because the cars were too close and a hyena was heading over.  We think the mother was teaching the children to hunt.

An eagle.

Then we saw some lions spooning.

This pride has two male lions which makes it very strong.

Then we went back to the camp for lunch and then went for a walk.  This is an ostriche skeleton.

Fragments of a turtle shell.

Still lots of wildebeests.

This plant's root is used by Masai for stomach ailments.

Dung beetles fighting.

Another carcass.

Herons.  This lake is where they wash the car each day.

Dung beetle.  The male makes a ball and then the female picks the best ball and crawls inside to lay eggs.

Wildebeests.

A live turtle.

Then we hiked to view Lake Eyasi.

Baboons on the rocks.

A woman from the boma came running up to us.  She needed help programing the sim card she just purchased for her cell phone.  Most bomas have one cell phone.  We fixed it for her so she let us take a picture.

As we drove all the children waved and the ones in the school yard (about 100) ran with the car.  Our guide said most had never seen a car.  They all carry buckets which they fill with water to from the lake to bring to school for drinking and cleaning each day.  All the students clean and prepare the school each morning.

Then we watched another amazing sunset on the drive home.

Wildebeests