Saturday 7 April 2007
Tuesday 3 April 2007
Chui, Punda MIlia, Twiga, Mbuni,.Nyati, Tembo, Kiboko, Simba, Heroe
Our 5 day safari has definitely been the best part of the trip so far..felt like a five year old again being so excite by animals! Considering we saw the big 5 and much more besides, its quite funny how excited i was seeing the first babooooon in Lake Manyara - took millions of photos, clearly oblivious of how good things would get! Just a little further on our car (an open topped safari classic!) stopped suddenly for an elephant, literally about 10metres away on the side of the road. Bosco, our driver, was full of animal trivia..did you know tembo are pregnant for up to 22 months!!imagine! Also in Manyara we saw Giraffes, Topi, Zebra, Hippos, but close ups of all were to follow in Serengetti and Ngorongoro. Had my first decent nights sleep in 2 months in a nice hotel, although as with the animals, the accomodation just got better and better through the week.
Next day was a drive to Serengetti via ngorongoro view points - even without the wildlife the parks would be breathtaking. Serengetti just goes on and on and on, totally flat plains, low, clear blue sky, nothing but acacia trees to be seen..ph wait a minute that was when we first saw A LIONESS!!! She walked right up beside out car, on route to a wildebeast carcus surrounded by voltures. Got some amazing pics but none of these computers seem to want to upload\ them. Also that day got within touching distance of Twiga, Tembo and Punda MIlia..todays tembo trivia from bosco was "You will notice that he has 3 back legs...". Spent the night in a luxury tented camp - shower, tiolet and kingsize bed in a tent - genius! Beautiful sunset and up for Sunrise over the serengetti with Twigga strolling in the distance. A full days driving in Serengetti began with a real close up of hippos and crocs, both of which provided big yawns for photos - im sure we were closer than was actually safe. Lots more Twiga and Tembo (pretty standard by now), and some baby zebra - they're brown and white and fluffy! Then out of nowhere we were beside a tree with a babyleopard asleep in its branches. That night was spent in the most incredible lodge with stunning views across the plains and fab food (always a priority!). A pool at the front of the hotel meant maximum tannage and ultimate viewage at the same time..so un-roughing-it-gap-year it was unreal! Another days drive back through Serengetti to Ngorongoro took us past a big daddy lion again within metres..seriously the whole week was so sureal! Bosco said we'd been pretty lucky...people spend days driving around with no sightings at all. Another night of luxury and another gorgeous sunset over ngorongoro and another night of fattening up :) Rhinos were the main excitement the next day through Ngorongoro followed by, on the way home, that typical Tanzanian image of a Maasai tribesman in full dress, apparently also with full mobile reception. BIZARRRE!
Next day was a drive to Serengetti via ngorongoro view points - even without the wildlife the parks would be breathtaking. Serengetti just goes on and on and on, totally flat plains, low, clear blue sky, nothing but acacia trees to be seen..ph wait a minute that was when we first saw A LIONESS!!! She walked right up beside out car, on route to a wildebeast carcus surrounded by voltures. Got some amazing pics but none of these computers seem to want to upload\ them. Also that day got within touching distance of Twiga, Tembo and Punda MIlia..todays tembo trivia from bosco was "You will notice that he has 3 back legs...". Spent the night in a luxury tented camp - shower, tiolet and kingsize bed in a tent - genius! Beautiful sunset and up for Sunrise over the serengetti with Twigga strolling in the distance. A full days driving in Serengetti began with a real close up of hippos and crocs, both of which provided big yawns for photos - im sure we were closer than was actually safe. Lots more Twiga and Tembo (pretty standard by now), and some baby zebra - they're brown and white and fluffy! Then out of nowhere we were beside a tree with a babyleopard asleep in its branches. That night was spent in the most incredible lodge with stunning views across the plains and fab food (always a priority!). A pool at the front of the hotel meant maximum tannage and ultimate viewage at the same time..so un-roughing-it-gap-year it was unreal! Another days drive back through Serengetti to Ngorongoro took us past a big daddy lion again within metres..seriously the whole week was so sureal! Bosco said we'd been pretty lucky...people spend days driving around with no sightings at all. Another night of luxury and another gorgeous sunset over ngorongoro and another night of fattening up :) Rhinos were the main excitement the next day through Ngorongoro followed by, on the way home, that typical Tanzanian image of a Maasai tribesman in full dress, apparently also with full mobile reception. BIZARRRE!
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