Breakfast and packed lunch
Ngorongoro National park on way to Serengeti
Don’t pronounce the N. It’s the sound the cattle bells made that the Masai tribe looked after and we’re moved on.
Driving along a tight dirt track we passed a couple of jeeps broken down on the side or in ditches
Stopped at a viewpoint of the crater…OMFG…absolutely stunning view. 16km wide. Lush grassland and rhinos and elephants grazing. Looked amazing.
We continued along the road and Peter pulled over and picked someone up with a head gasket and other items as another CK vehicle had broken down!!
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Burial stone
Got around the top of the crater and turned a corner and then the Serengeti Plains just stretched out as far as the eye could see. Arcadia trees with their distinctive umbrella shape clumped together made it magical.
Masai village dotted around.
Sometimes it looked like the Yorkshire Dales the roads and the greenery. Quite funny really
Giraffes at the roadside. Zebra in background loads. Made a great spot. Busy with jeeps
Dust kicked up by the Land Cruisers and jeeps made it all the more dramatic. I kept my window open for thought. Couldn’t see many times.
Masai by roadside selling bottles of honey made in the mountain side.
Along the plains we saw thousands of wildebeests grazing in readiness for their migration. Spectacular sight
Mingling with them were zebra and Thompson Gazelle. So cool to see all this.
The shepherds and goat herders young and old all carry a thin stick. So cliched with their blankets draped over their shoulders but they all do it. Very “same” look
Road is a nightmare. So bumpy and dusty. About 100km on it!! 🤣🤣
100s and 100s of storks circling overhead
We reached a boundary between the two parks after 100km and stopped for photos and then proceeded into the Serengeti National park. I thoughts we’d been in it already!!
Zebra lean on each other for shade.
A bit further along we came across three lions just chilling near the roadside. We were so close, incredible. Overhead here vultures circling. Got some incredible close up photos.
So odd seeing them up close and personal like this and so close to all the zebras not more than 50m away.
Saw a male lion under a bridge in the shade
More giraffe and we made it to the gate for lunch.
Set out again and then the whole plain was stretching out in every direction literally as far as the eye could see. A tree here and there with vultures sat in it. Two more lions.
But just deep green grassland which became less green as we moved away from water. And the dust trails of land cruisers. I absolutely loved it.
More travel around. Hippos and crocodile ostriches and loads more.
We could see rain was coming in and Peter showed no sign of let up and kept going down these winding trails until around 6.00pm we came into sight of the tent camp and that’s exactly what it was. At first glance it looked very rustic but it was much nicer.
We had an intro and then went to our tents and had to have a bucket of hot water connected so as to have a shower. That was amusing but it worked and we were cleaned up in two buckets after having to shout “more water please!”
Big proper bed and some electric lights but anything to charge there was a point at the main area so used that overnight.
Off to dinner and Peter joined us, food was great and filling and by 8.00pm we’d all had enough and went to bed. Had internet out here so wasted time on social media instead of my diary which I regret.
Really, really enjoyed today. Great fun all round.
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