Chasing the Great Migration: Serengeti Day 3
Lions at the waterhole Early morning hijinx So far the Serengeti has lived up to all the hype. It is 'Big Cat Week' on National Geographic channel but the Dillon's lived it on this day. Where we are staying at andBeyond Under Canvas proved it was the real deal as we heard big cat noises in camp at night and woke up to lion prints, among others, around the tents. On our early game drive we started off with four females and one male lion at a water hole. I noticed one of the females had a big radio collar on. It turns out that this is one of the lions that the local lion researcher follows. Solomon told us that this lioness recently had cubs, although they were absent at the waterhole gathering. Sometimes lion mothers will leave their cubs hidden while they head out on a hunt. They don't want to leave them for long though because hyena or other lions could easily kill the cubs if they find them. The scene was beautiful with these powerful...