Lioness

In Maasai Mara we saw many lions. True to being the predators, all of the lions we saw were eating their prey. A few minutes after we took this photo, this lioness joined two other lionesses to devour a topi.

We thought we were close to a leopard at one point, when another safari group radioed of a sighting. We went to that area and watched and waited, but never saw the elusive cat. However, the day before we left the Daystar Athi River campus, we went for a walk on the edge of campus. Two security guards told us that they had just seen a leopard walking between the buildings of the campus about 30 minutes earlier. The campus was quiet and nearly empty because the students were gone; but, it is still unusual for a leopard to be seen during the day.