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We had a pretty exciting morning watching the hunt so we headed back to the same area late in the afternoon to see if we could find the lions again.   Fortunately they were  still in the area.  The guides were pretty sure that they had found something to eat as they didn't look like they were starving and looked pretty relaxed (for lions).  

20130919_Kenya_0047  Lucky for us the cubs were now visible.  Peter assured me that they were well fed and healthy.

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As I watched this one play with its stick, I thought of Katie who also loves her sticks.

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Mama was watching very carefully.

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We were still watching the lions when a family of elephants went by.

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We weren't the only ones watching the elephants.  Aside from humans, lions are the only predators powerful enough to kill an elephant.  The males being 50% heavier than the females are especially suited to this task.  It typically takes seven lionesses to kill an elephant, but just two males could do the job.  When lions hunt elephants, they usually target youngsters or females.  Today, the  lions had no interest in the elephants but they kept a close watch on them as the elephants went by.

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We did finally leave the lions and set out to look for a black rhino that had been spotted not too far away.  

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​On the way back to the lodge we stopped again to watch the lions.  I could have watched for hours (well we probably did).  

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It was finally time to say goodbye to the lions and head back to the lodge.    We were all sorry to leave but what a wonderful last safari day it turned out to be.