To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself.
You have only to push aside the curtain - Henry David Thoreau
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The only limits we have are those we give ourselves.

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Serengeti - more...

After a quick rest, we went out again. We were searching for leopards in the late afternoon...but instead of leopards, we came across three beautiful lionesses lounging and grooming each other in the grass.



Only a couple hundred metres beyond, were two male lions. Wow...the most amazing eyes and their manes were full. Apparently, these two males were brothers. In some cases, a standard 'point and shoot' camera is all that is needed as we are able to get sooooo close.



As we moved on, we found a female cheetah laying in some longer grass with three male cheetahs surrounding her. By the squeaks she made, it was obvious that these males were completely under her spell. They listened intently to her sounds.




What a day! The leopards remain elusive in this area, but we are gifted with some pretty amazing sights and sounds.

Tomorrow we are off to see the wildebeest migration on the Serengeti plains.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Tammy and Mark
This just like watching a movie, without the visual. But you know my imagination. So those lions, did they move when you are so close or did they just lie there? I would be afraid they would look into my eyes and wonder if I was one of them, oh I forgot they surely would not mistake my short blonde bob for a such beautyful fur and that is not a touch up from a bottle Haha. I guess there is nothing like creation, starry heavens, animals in their habitant, and us humans, when we act right, giving great testemony; to a designer.Love mom,dad