Day 7

Breakfast was good this morning. At this lodge you fill your own lunch box so we did this before meeting Filex at 7am. Our aim today was to see the migration which was down south at the moment.

On the way we saw a variety of birds including a secretary bird, and a lilac breasted roller eating a cricket,  as well as some dwarf mongoose.

A little later Filex spotted a leopard. He had actually stopped for the bush toilet and saw it whilst out of the van. It is amazing how these guides spot these animals. None of us had seen anything. Filex quickly told us all that the “bush toilet” stop was cancelled and instead we drove to get a closer view of the leopard.

As we drove on towards the migration we saw a snake in the road, a lion on the rocks and a variety of other animals

Then we got our first sighting of the migration. At first only a few wildebeest and zebra and then as we drove we saw more and more.

As lunch time approached Filex spotted a lioness in the long grass with a kill.

And then round the corner we saw her sister sitting under a tree.

We decided to eat lunch while watching her but eventually she walked off.


As we drove off we then saw the original lioness, now sat out in the open.


After lunch we saw a large group of hartebeest.....


.......and then a cheetah. Filex said we were very lucky as it is difficult to see cheetah in this area at this time of year.

We were still driving around the migration and a little later saw a herd of wildebeest near some water.





And then moving on we soon saw another lion in the long grass.

Later in the afternoon as we returned to the lodge we saw our first elephants of the day.




This elephant had an itch that needed scratching.




Once back at the lodge we enjoyed a G&T and beer on our balcony before dinner. It had been a good 2 days in the central Serengeti and tomorrow we would be moving on again.