It’s been nice to stop here for four nights at Simba Lodge. I think we might have eaten enough food to last us a month. It reminds me of the buffet days at the Swagman Restaurant. Remember that anyone? The Indian dishes are superb, but all the deserts are, well, dreadful.
Hello to everyone in 3/4B and 3/4C at Bellbrae School. Fergus and Harry are so sad to be missing school this week. But they will have lots to tell you when they get home.
Like what we saw today:
Started with cheetahs. There were two – a mother and a young one. They were hunting for something to eat, but we didn’t see any action. Then we saw a Martial Eagle sitting in a nearby tree, more ostriches, a juvenile Pygmy Falcon, and giraffes feeding on leaves so high that they had to stand on tiptoes to reach.
It was quite a lion day too. We saw a car parked by a lone tree, so we followed their tracks through the long grass to see what they were looking at. We found a lion with his pride of 4 lionesses sleeping soundly in the shade of the tree. The photos below tell the story. Another lucky find for us.
Later we came across another honeymoon couple of lions, also making a new lion. Very Discovery Channel.
We saw lots and lots of hippos in the Talek River. They look so slow and gentle, but can be so very dangerous. The guides hate it when we want to get close for photos.
Another session in the pool, and today John has the boys learning backflips. After the cool off in the pool, we met with the off duty staff from the lodge at their soccer pitch. The boys took along their AFL footy, but soccer was the game that won the vote (15 Kenyans to 3 Australians).

Fergus and Harry playing soccer. The Kenyan in red is Alex who was our waiter for all our meals here. We got to know him quite well. Still couldn’t talk them into playing Aussie rules though.

One of the cheetahs we watched hunting.

Here’s the lazy lions having siesta.

A tired King of the jungle.

Here’s a large harem of impala. The male who “owns” them is just out of the shot.

Below is the male from our honeymoon couple. He was rather pleased with himself.