Day 8 of the Chris Gordon & friends Expedition – Day 3 in the Maasai Mara
What a glorious day we have had had and how appropriate that it was a Sunday where we could not only reflect upon but gaze and be amazed by all the wonders of the natural world that abound this amazing ecosystem !! Chris & Kathy woke up at 0430 to go to do Hot Air Ballooning for the first time and they absolutely enjoyed…these days Balloons Pilots at least with this company are Kenyans!! Theresa and I had an early breakfast and then we headed out across the plains to meet Chris and Kathy and head out to see what we could find. We decided to go to Lookout Hill and see if there was any of the migration crossing and indeed some Zebra had gathered together at the river bank so we thought we would try our luck…what a scene unfolded for us….a few Zebra crossed and one of them was grabbed by the leg by a crocodile…he struggled for a while but the crocodile remoreslesly dragged him down until he was completely submerged and drowned…that crocodile was over 20 feet long …we were torn between hoping the zebra would escape the jaws of the crocodile and understanding and accepting nature to take its course but the whole drama that unfolded was quite a spectacle!! After the Mara River which has been so drastically reduced in depth as to be barely recognizable…we headed across the plain make our way slowly back to camp when looo and behold a male leopard up a tree …he was very full and seemed to be also uncomfortably hot …he kept adjusting his position and panting all the while!! In the afternoon we came upon the 5 brothers …a group of Cheetah who have remained together since they were very small and it is too good to see that they have survived and hopefully will contribute meaningfully to the survival of Cheetah!!
It was a day for cats and particularly spotted cats and the suddenness of life and death on the Mara Plains…and even with this so many Topi about to give birth!!!
Another special day in paradise
