We saw these cute little things called "dik dik's" ...don't ask me why they are called that...
It's right underneath the tree. So cute!
And then we saw two giraffes doing the famous power stance with the neck fighting! 
I think it was the most calm fighting I've ever seen in my life. I didn't even notice until Edrick pointed it out!
Then we came across a pride of lions. They were just chilling in front of a great line of wildebeest. 
It's a bad pic, but I have better ones! Anyway, the family consisted of a male, 3 females and 2 cubs. As we were watching this family, I noticed one of the female lions looking across the field at the wildebeest. Then Alkarim said "look! Cheetahs!" Three cheetahs took down a wildebeest! It was amazing to see!! I've always seen kills on Nature but never in real life! It's freaking scary! And after the wildebeest was successfully killed by those cheetahs, the lions got up and scared the cheetahs away so that they could eat. Talk about lazy!! Those poor cheetahs got jipped hardcore!
After that, we saw some "honeymooner" lions...so you can guess what we witnessed...haha.
And then, we saw another leopard! This one was the most difficult to see. It was at the base of the tree and because there was so much grass you could barely even make out it's body. But still, we could see it (with binoculars).
Before we headed back to camp, we stopped at a store to get some snacks. As we were there we saw all these baboons. (The store was in the middle of the Serengeti). Then, I headed out to the car to get some water and Zuby was in the car. All of a sudden, a HUGE baboon jumps through the window, Zuby screams, I may or may not have cussed explicitly as I am standing outside the window opposite. The baboon quickly snatched a packed of biscuits, gives me and Zuby a look and jumps out the roof onto the store roof! EVIL MONKEYS! It was so scary!! Worse than the other monkey! All the guys were laughing at us, especially at poor Zuby who was in the car. 
There is one of the baboons. Not sure if he is the one, but he could be.
Also during this safari we were able to see a serval cat. 
One of the cutest kitties ever!
As we approach the campsite we see a whole group of elephants, with the babies!!! 
The baby is to the left. 
They were surrounding our entire campsite!
Then Rahim and I did something very stupid. First off, Rahim decides he wants a picture (we have already gotten back to the campsite and all the elephants were by the bathrooms). So he gets Alkarim to stand with the camera as Rahim approaches the elephant. Alkarim was actually taking a video. And so Rahim is getting closer and closer and all of a sudden the elephant shakes it's head and stomps. Rahim yells "ya Allah!" And runs.
Then, he decides to try again but this time he wants me in the picture also. So we are cautiously approaching and as we get closer the elephant does a roar (or what ever you call it) and lifts up it's trunk and takes a couple of steps. Rahim and I don't even bother turning around to look if it's chasing us and just run like we were being chased by an elephant (haha). It didn't actually chase us, it was just giving us a warning. But we learned our lesson...don't approach a momma elephant...ever.
Good lesson!! Duh!!!
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