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.