We had a real sit down breakfast at 6:00 and went out to the cheetahs at 6:40. They were fantastic at first light! Peachy! From there we thought we would scout the area and found a herd of 3,000 wildebeest ready to go. This time we had to wait ten minutes for them to cross. The main design feature was the dramatic river rocks that they swam in front of. Next up were young lions walking among the rocks, klipspringers looking at the lions, lots of birds, and a leopard on a high rock. I hoped that we could photograph him because he was BIG.

At 10:30 I thought we should check the river again, and we were just in time to see the start of 5,000 wildebeest crossing! What is the deal?! This one had a single thread from one side of the river to the other. The real action was the jumping! Animal after animal flew into the air and splashed in the water before joining the line. Whew!

After lunch this afternoon we spent most of our time in the biggest kopi I’ve been to, so big we could drive around inside it. The lions and the leopard in were still hidden in rocks and trees so we were content to shoot fantastic portraits of klipspringer, oribi antelope, gazelle and reed buck for the rest of the afternoon.

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