Well, since no one has posted this part yet, I guess I'll add fuel to the fire.

We were in Ebony, and our range rover mates were Gerry and Peggy and Ray and Penny.

On our very last game drive we tracked down elephants, were looking for leopard, when our guide got a call from one of the other cars. We went to the field where they were. There were many impala and some wildebeest, and also four lions that we had seen that morning. Two of the female lions were starting to stalk a wildebeest, but things were moving very slowly. The other Ebony jeep (Ngaire & Ken's) finally decided to give up and leave. We stayed a little longer and were just ready to leave (we were late for dinner!) when the guide spotted one of the lionesses circling around to come from the other side. We were in pitch black. You could see eyes sometimes, and occasionally the guide would sweep a spotlight across the field so we could see what was going on. We saw the two lionesses approaching the wildebeest from opposite directions, and then 5 seconds later was a loud screech.

The guide turned on our lights and we raced for the kill. The two male lions joined them, and the four of them started tearing the wildebeest to shreds. It was very gory, but you couldn't keep your eyes away. There was a distinctive smell, and you could see steam rising from the warm flesh. It was amazing to all of us that even after an event like that, there were unconcerned that we were 15feet away with a spotlight constantly on them.

Ray has the best pictures on his videocam as most of our cameras didn't do well with the light from the spotlight.

We didn't have time to change for dinner that night, but everyone understood (and envied us!)

What a trip this has been!!!! I must leave now for the helicopter ride over Victoria Falls :o

Betty