Day 2 in the Maasai Mara …4th of July USA Independence Day
“This morning i actually managed to get out of bed soon after 0500 in order to get ready for the day…..the sunrise was spectacular and we enjoyed the colors for a while before setting off on horrifyingly bumpy roads…this county has surely decided that roads are not a priority!!! after bumping along for about 40 minutes we finally arrived in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve Musiara Gate….th
Cheetah successfully killing and eating an Impala, powerful young male Leopard made an appearance and after our bush breakfast eaten a short distance away the mother of this leopard who had since gone on to have another litter of cubs arrived on the scene and then disappeared into the brush…judging by the numbers of Impala a short distance away we felt sure that there purpose was to get some breakfast and so we left them to it!! We came upon a very injured male lion who clearly had been in the wars with other lions over territory…although his general health looked good he was very scarred and one eye completely shut and judging by the way he moved i suspect a pelvic or lower back injury! Managed to get the number of a vet and an alert was sent out so hopefully help will be at hand for him soon. Our afternoon was spent in the Conservancy with the most wonderful herd of elephants that had a baby that was possibly no more than 6 months old…..a huge Bull ambled over and checked out the females to see if any of them were in oestrus , thereafter he wandered off to join some other bulls who were in the swamp. 4th of July is Independence Day for the USA and so it was quite a day to remember and it was rounded off with champagne and singing and cake . We tottered off to our cabins tired, fully satiated and happy….a wonderful day”
