Early morning I wake up to the sound of hippos getting back into the water and know it's time to get up and have breakfast. This morning I'm helping Nyaga to set the the decking furniture and cleaning the library. Before going to help Rebecca in the kitchen to prepare lunch. After peeling potatoes and cutting and grating veg and a spot of washing up I am dismissed for lunch across the river at Ngare camp. I had the most phenomenal beef and vegetable wraps their just totally delicious. Before heading back over the rickety bridge to main camp for my final game drive with Bojila, Africa's top tracker! I ask him if he could possibly try to find the cheetahs or even a leopard for me, knowing these animals are incredibly hard to find I don't have any expectations. I just simply trust Bojila is the best man for the job. Sure enough less than 10 minutes in he finds a leopard who has just made a kill. I sit scanning every inch of grass around trying to spot him. 20 minutes later he reveals himself in the long grass and carried the baby Impala off into the trees to protect his hard earned meal from other scavengers like hyenas. I can't believe what I just saw, I'm feeling so thankful and stunned I'm left speechless...until 5 minutes later we come across 3 female cheetahs a mother and her 2 grown daughters. My jaw drops at the sight of these beautiful creatures. The three of them just lounging around their tummies bursting, much like me spread eagle on the floor after Christmas dinner at my grandparents house. Bojila then points out there is a hyena coming over to investigate. He scared of the cheetahs who have more sense than to stick around and he grabs the leftover warthog legs and runs. The cheetahs meander 10metres to the next mound and then take a load off. I ask Bojila why the 3 adult cheetahs ran instead of fighting it off, his reply "a hyenas jaw is very strong and can crush a cheetahs skull easily" - well that's fair enough, I would also be inclined to run!

After some time with the cheetahs we find the pride of lions I saw yesterday. Which was nice to see them and to spend some more time with them getting to know their characters a bit more. For example seeing who the dominant female is and who the hunter is. It was nearly dark when I got back to camp after thanking Bojila for making my dreams come true. I headed straight for a shower before I was met outside my tent by the eskari to take me across to Ngare again to eat dinner which was cumin lamb. After dinner I packed up my things as the following morning I would be leaving with the supply truck that was due to deliver early morning.

Two Kenyans and myself squeezed in the truck for 7 hours on bumpy roads back to Nairobi. The guys were fantastic super friendly and very knowledgeable pointing out animals and history of the area and Masaai tribesmen. Mid way through one guy asks if he can buy me some maize to eat (bbq'd corn on the cob) I accept trying not to be rude and there we are the 3 of us chewing on this hard uncooked corn driving through the Mara!