Trying to find the lions and cheetah that had eluded us on the previous day, Simon and Muba got us away early and we did a huge loop to the southeast. Looking for the cats, we visited and drove around a lot of kopjes.
We saw several pairs of jackals, lots of antelope, elephant, and a good assortment of birds, but no cats.
 a black-backed jackal |
 kopje |
 kopje trees |
 hartebeest |
 helmeted guineafowl |
 elephant with trees |
 white-headed buffalo weaver |
Just before returning to the campsite, we visited a park information centre, which had a little walk with displays and some information about the history of Serengeti. There were some dwarf mongooses here that had got used to having people around.
 dwarf mongooses |
 weaver bird |
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