November 12, 2005 Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater

We didn't get our morning wake-up call at 0545 - slept 'till 0630, rushed to get out, and drove 50 minutes to the campsite, to pick up Dag, Ida and Jason.
Our morning game drive was much beter than the previous 2 days, there's so much more to see when it is still cool out. We found 4 lions early on, walking not far from the road. Also saw a pair of adult cheetahs on a kill from a distance, and a herd of over a dozen Masai Giraffes.
The drive culminated in an actual Leopard sighting. Perched in the fork of a tree, watching the road from about 150m was a beautiful adult leopard. Still very difficult to spot, but very satisfying.

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