24 August Serengeti

Ohhh my Gawd sleeping in a tent on the ground with only 25mm of rubber makes Tony a happy camper “Yeah Right”!!

Last night the hyenas were in the camp howling and looking for food. This morning Buffalo were around us as we walked to the cafeteria for breakfast. We have been warned that when leaving our tents to go to the bathroom to make sure that the way is clear before departing as all sorts of animals can be in the camp at night.

After breakfast we were off for a game drive. The Lions were up and we missed the penultimate shot of the two mating it was over in seconds, so quick we did not have time to get the camera ready.

The Elephants were out.

The animals are used to the vehicles and we can get very close to them.

Two leopards had made a kill dragged it into a tree.

Mercats

Next two Cheaters crossing the plain.

An Eagle flew by.

A couple of Vultures hanging around.

This animal Hyrax is related to the Elephant and there dung pellets have been used to treat epilepsy.

There are lots of colourful birds here.

The crocodile is the long skinny snout type.

African ducks

A Crane and warthogs

One dead bloated hippo amoung many healthy one.

More Vultures.

Giraffes

Lion V Toyota

Lions

Lying around

Hyena lying under tree

Sitting around reading a book

Paparazzi

Even baby Hyenas can look cute

Horn Bills

The dumbest bird in the world.

Springbok

The smallest antelope

Another eagle

Secretary bird .

Another Lion

Another African sun set. Not that tent again!!!!

Of it was amazing we stayed in tents for 3 nights they were erected for us and there

was a dining hall so all the meals were provided and they were great, saw giraffes elephant zebras hyenas warthogs lions mating wilder beast buffalo lots of deer , the first night was cold and during the night got up several times and put on more clothing, by the time we had 3 layers and our jackets we were warm, the next 2 night were quite warm, the last night I went out to my usual tree in the dark and stumbled on a herd of zebras laying under my peeing tree did not see them till I was nearly on top of them they jumped up and ran and so did I, just magic so cool to see all these animals in the natural habitat.

The last day we spent down in the Ngoro Ngoro crater that was alive with animals.

On the way back to Arusha we stopped in a Maasai village and this teenage boy took us into his mothers hut and we were able to ask him anything we liked, after he explained how they all lived in the village, I was horrified that the 15 year old boys and girls still get circumcised he was quite open about everything, he had been to college but his mother could no longer afford to keep him there, the ideal would have .