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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swissboy" data-source="post: 3517988" data-attributes="member: 4926">On day eight, we first took an interesting game drive that brought the only Temminck's Coursers of the tour. In fact the only coursers at all. Apparently, a pride of 16 (!) lions had been seen in the area. We did not find them, unfortunately, on our drive. And it was only with some special (and paid) extra help from a ranger that we got to see at least a single lioness in the area the next morning. She had a fresh kill but did not seem hungry. There was a pair of Grey Crowned Cranes with a small youngster, and along the main road we had a pair of Martial Eagles mating on their nest.In the afternoon, we drove to the Katwe area where the historic salt works impressed us a lot. The area had a number of birds, both gulls and shorebirds. And with luck, I discovered a male Greater Painted Snipe when looking at a Wood Sandpiper. It was only the second or third time in my life that I got to see any painted snipe really well.</blockquote>