Monday, September 16, 2019

African Safari 2019-Chimps, Gorillas, and the Migration Day 14

Day 14:  Ballooning, and the Mara River


Up this morning at 3:30 am for a nearly 2-hour drive to the ballooning site on very rough trails. But sunrise was beautiful.









Moly was a bit skeptical when she first got into the basket




















landed on our side-interesting perspective


Champagne or OJ breakfast






On to our game drive along the Mara River.
Lilac-breasted roller

.....in flight

Malachite kingfisher

Go-away bird



Impala








Hippos in the Mara




Wildebeests just didn't want to come down the bank today

Perhaps this is why?





Yellow-billed stork



Spotted hyena








Olive baboons




Serval (very rare sighting during the day)




Serval with a kill (dead bird)




Wildebeest crossing at the Sand River





Trail lunch
Exhausted photographer

Steinbok

Leopard


Back at Costar's, we were pampered with a bush bath at the end of a very long day.

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