lot of lions. The sun was not even risen over kimilamatonge when we
saw the pride, They were in the river bed, cubs playing in the sand,
females resting in the grass, male waiting the sun on top of the bank.
The cubs were probably just awake and full of energy, they chased each
other and climbed rocks, they performed proper stalking and refined
the art of ambushing, they pawed each other, hissed and growled, all
for fun but a great learning experience. For us was just awesome: the
early rays bathing the riverbed with cold light at first and then
warmer and warmer, changing lions into golden mammals.
After a good hour the golden creatures moved giving us a last glimpse of
an adult female lookng from a big boulder while the cubs were still
busy playing below. Priceless again.
We reached the Ruaha river just to see two elephants, a cow and her
calf in the middle of the river, their reflection in the water like a
distorted mirror. They smelled us and then moved out while and Hadada
ibis landed close by.
In the evening we met the funniest young elephant of the month, he
charged us and then tossed palm fruits and branches in the air and
kicked sand, and trumpeted... the full repertoire... it was half
playing and half showing off but was just amazing. The rest of the
herd was peacefully feeding. Evntually they came close but with no
real bad feelings. A medium sized buffalo herd was feeding at festo
crossing. Medium sized was the herd but the last bull was huge... he
slowly paced his way in the yellow thatching grass and disappeared
soon with his huge black body covered in mud in that same yellow ocean.
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