The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 10 with Amboseli add-on

What a way to end such a great safari! Most of our morning was spent with a herd of around 100 elephants, going about their business and providing us with unbelievable photographic opportunities. Leaving the elephants and heading back to the camp, there was one last surprise waiting for us – a pride of 4 lionesses with 7 cubs had just killed a wildebeest at the edge of a waterhole, and were busy feeding.

Major sightings of the day:

A herd of ±100 elephants
Giraffe
3 verreauxs eagle owls
Lanner falcon
Fringe eared oryx
Good plains game
4 lionesses and 7 cubs on a wildebeest kill

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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 9 with Amboseli add-on

As expected, in Amboseli there were loads of elephants out and about. Many large herds were seen, most with young calves. We were also lucky enough to see some lions; 2 females with 2 cubs. They were sleeping close to a large male elephant who felt like showing his might, and eventually chased them off. Mount Kilimanjaro appeared both in the morning and again in the late afternoon, but the real highlight was an african wild cat walking around in the middle of the day.

Major sightings of the day:

Many herds of elephants
Elephants in the swamps
Mount Kilimanjaro
Good plains game
African wild cat
2 lionesses with 2 cubs next to male elephant

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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 3

We started off with a female leopard first thing in the morning – which is never a bad way to start the day, but the real highlight was our first crossings of the safari. After a day and half of build up and anticipation, the wildebeest and zebras took the plunge and crossed the mighty Mara River. There was the usual mix of panic, chaos and crocodiles, which all made for some fantastic photography! A clan of 7 hyaenas also popped up for a late afternoon photo shoot, as well as 5 ground hornbills and 2 very playful baby giraffes.

Major sightings of the day:

Leopard
Hippo
Several crossings of wildebeest and zebra
Crocodiles
Elephants
7 hyaenas
Buffalo
Ground hornbills
Baby giraffe

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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 1

What a start! We seemed to pick up right where we left off last year – the big 5 on the first afternoon. The rarest of the five, the black rhino came out early in the afternoon, and the leopard (which completed the set) arrived out of the darkness on our way back to camp. The afternoon was all about lions however, and a female with 4 small cubs kept our cameras clicking most of the afternoon. Another lioness with 3 little cubs tucking into a fresh warthog kill also welcomed us back.

Major sightings of the day: