We were leaving the Serengeti and Jonas was driving very fast. I wondered why, but soon found out - we rocked up to a tree with TWO leopards. Definitely made up for the lack cheetah from the day before. There was a lady leopard napping on a lower branch and a dude leopard tearing apart a gazelle on a higher branch (we could only see a snout and later a hoof). After he was done eating most of his feast, he made his way down a bit and we were able to get a full view of him. The female leopard stirred a bit and he got scared that she’d go for his food - they are solitary animals and normally are not seen in pairs, except in mating season - but even then, they don’t share kill. They fought and roared. Very, very cool.
We were driving out of the Serengeti and Jonas had another feeling - we turned off the main road and sure enough - there was our cheetah. We officially have seen it all! We left the Serengeti very happy troopers. On the drive out, we saw a ton of vultures eating a wildebeest carcass - disgusting.
We also visited a Maasai boma, village, and it was pretty interesting to see their homes and they way they live - they're pologamists (up to 18 wives), the women make the houses and food, and don't like fruits and vegetables. They have hard lives.
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