Day 10 Singita Serengeti

Our last day in the bush. We had a late start after a relaxing morning in our tent. We were going on our final morning game-drive. We still had not seen a cheetah or leopard.

Cheetahs are solitary animals, and difficult to spot in the tall grass. We drove around for an hour and saw the usual suspects, but the cheetah escaped our eyes. We all agreed it was something to come back for.

We had not quite seen the big five, but counted the genet sighting as our leopard. We were more than lucky in all we had seen. The time we spent with Craig the Super Tusker Elephabt was so special, as well as the hours we spent with different lion prides.

Some of the other animals we enjoyed seeing:

We had seen more than we could have imagined. The birds were the big surprise. So many beautiful and interesting birds.

We saw zebras and giraffes daily, as well as baboons and elephants.

We did one last game drive in the evening. We wanted to watch the lions hunt for dinner. We went out a little later in the evening. There was a pride of lions not far from the camp.

There were two females, 4 cubs and a male all in the same vicinity.

We watched as the lioness was stalking the baboons. She slowly walked towards them. She didn’t make it far when they all started yelling, and running up into the trees. The lioness’s cover was blown. She immediately returned to the pride.

We continued watching them, and she saw another group of baboons. She started to stalk them, but within a few minutes the first troop of baboons let the other troop know the lioness was on the hunt.

Although the lion is the king of the jungle, their lives are not easy. They are smart animals, but they are praying on other smart animals.

Once again, the lioness returned to the pride. This time she went to the male lion.

The two nuzzled one another for a few seconds, and then moved on.

We watched the pride for a little longer, but the sun was starting to set. We went to the watering hole to wrap up the evening.

Tanzania gave us a spectacular goodbye in the form of a perfect Serengeti sunset. The sky continued to change as the sun went down.

Thank you to the team at Singita Sabora. Asante sana (Thank you very much in Swahili) and to Musa, our guide and driver. We appreciate all you shared with us. Your incredible knowledge of these wonderful creatures is second to none!!!