On our way to Ngorongoro we were once again amazed by the Marsh pride of lions!
3 handsome males, dad and a couple sons or a brother, 4 females, 9 cubs… the same price we saw walking beside the Marsh that laid down in the shade of our vehicle!
One was missing, even tho their times were bursting. They apparently had a cape Buffalo kill the night before.
We had several minutes alone with the pride to marvel at their features!
Tomorrow, we had for Ngorongoro Crater, and we may see a few animals on our drive our in the morning, but today we had our last 2 wonderful experiences. We have seen so many animals, especially the big cats, but we also saw some new ones each time we went out. There is so much to see, it is always new!
This elephant family crossed the road right in front of us, 13 in total, several very small little ones.
We saw our third leopard today, both the ones we have seen here were very far away in trees.
Several birds were new today
And of course lions!
Our last night in the tent camp we were serenaded by these animals and more! We recognized the laugh of the hyena as we were turning in. The male Gazelle has a little grunt to gather his harum. The early morning, I heard the muffled rumble of the lions around the camp. About 4 an elephant trumpeted very close behind our tent. We could hear the grasses crunch! Quite an evening!
Today our quest was a leopard and altho it took a few hours, our guides found one in a tree! It was sleeping, but we were able to get a view from both sides, but from a distance.
While visiting a hippo pond, Casey saw a monitor Lizard!
We also saw a few birds and other animals today
We found this family of Olive baboons, grooming by the road
And of course, there were cheetahs and several sightings of Lions
But I think the lions are Bored!
Another wonderful game drive.
Emmett took this video right after this lion rested in the shade, the cubs did too.
And a few other animals and birds we saw today on our first game drive in Serengeti
I could hardly believe all the sightings of Lions today. I believe there were 5 groups of 3 or more!
Next we saw a family of 3 females, 2 young brothers, and 9 cubs from probably all 3 moms.
Soon they started to walk along the road
The vehicle parked a bit ahead of them and as they passed, they laid down in the shade. Right under Emmett’s window!
Then the largest female, the matriarch, did the same thing!
We traveled a bit farther and saw 2 sets of 3 lions
We also saw several gorgeous birds and a couple animals
We were out about 5 hours, and the sightings were spectacular! There are very few cars compared to Masai, and there are more cats! And our camp is more rustic, but very modern!
We have had a long day of driving, visiting the masai village, crossing the border, meeting our new driver Casey, and arriving at our tent camp! The distance from our last lodging and the new one is really short!
But the official border crossing took much longer. It was 4 hours to the border plus a short stop at the village
No pictures at the border, but a long 4 hour drive still
This is the first of our 2 eco tent camps, Sereni AngA’ta camp, in the center of Serengeti
Out tent lodging
Our views
Bert with our guides, Casey and Antony
On our way to Tanzania, we visited a typical Masai village, living in the traditional type of society they have continued for centuries
Men are leaders in this culture, and women are the caretakers. The chief’s son was our guide and spoke quite good English. The children now have mandated education and so they don’t have to walk the 8 km to the school, the 5 local villages have built a school. Our Monetary gift to visit is used for the schooling and community.
The Men demonstrated lighting a fire with 2 pieces of wood, 1 hard and 1 soft, and a bundle of dried grass.
They also danced for us, demonstrating their jumping skill. After we tours the village, the women also sang for us.
We brought some gifts for the children and some colored pencils and pens for the school and a small gift for the women.
We traveling into the Masai Mara Triangle to see more of the herd of wildebeest or Gnu on the migration. The grasses are green enough however so none were crossing the river. The only disappointment of the trip is that the animals weren’t crossing while we were near the Mara River
You can not explain the scope of the scene . It’s impossible to capture the expanse of the animals, but here is a panorama from our vehicle
Saw other animals in the Triangle too. Zebra and some antelop also migrate. We saw beautiful family of elephants and several birds
Some water lilies and birds
Amazing! They said thanks for the long stay! We were here 4 nights!
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