Safari

Safari
So the entire safari was soooo amazing I don’t think I can put it in words so I’m going to let some of my pictures do the talking...
Day 1 we left our hostel at 9.00 and headed for Lake Manyara about a 4 hour drive away. We were pretty comfy in our safari jeep though, 3 Canadians, our guide Simbo, our cook Omari, Julie and I. We got to our campsite at about 1 o’clock had a huge lunch and headed out for our first game drive around Lake Manyara. Omari stayed behind to get started on dinner.
The following are just a few of the things we saw;

The baboons in Lake Manyara busy with their daily cleaning...

In this photo Daniel is on the left and Sarah on the right or at least their elephant cousins of the same age!!!


A papa baboon just taking a rest... kinda reminds me of Grandad sitting by the fire in the old house...


The Hippo’s hanging out in the pool for the day as they do everyday – thats my kinda life...



Day 2/3 – We set off from our campsite at about 9.30 and head for the Serengeti...
I should point out at this stage that breakfast was like a 3 course meal – you all know I love my food and I could find no fault with any of the food on safari...

This is just as proof that I am in Tanzania and not completely burnt to a crisp yet!!!


Our first view of Ngoragora crater – breathtaking...


Fact there are no giraffe’s in Ngoragora as there is no vegetation for them.

Hyena – in the grass just taking it easy – they scavangers and generally live off the left overs of other hunters...

Ya the lions in the Serengeti were kinda dirty...



Pride Rock and yes Simbo did play the circle of life from the Lion King!!!




The Blue Balled monkey was a crowd pleasure...

The Leopard – only 3 in 10 safari’s get to see the leopard so we were very lucky(“,)


No its not just floating shite – its a crocodile...

One of the baboons who spent Monday afternoon trying to steal supplies from the kitchen in the Serengeti campsite...


On our way from the Serengeti to the Ngoragora campsite we actually saw a part of the wildebeast migration - literally thousands of them as far as the eye could see in both directions...


The view from our campsite on the edge of the Ngoragora Crater... Spectacular
So Ngoragora is basically a closed ecosystem the animals can leave if they want but they generally don’t and who could blame them. It is a myth that elephants come here to die.

Sunrise at the Ngoragora crater just before we were the first to drive down into the crater








This is how close we were, but they had just eaten so we were safe enough...

One of this guys cousins spent the previous night outside our tent along with several wild boar... It was an interesting night but not a restful one!!!


The elephants definitely won my heart on this safari.
In fact did you know that elephants;
1. Are the 4th most intelligent animal after the human, dolphin and gorilla
2. The can recognise their own reflection
3. The can recognise their family by their ears
4. They have a sensor between their ears and eyes wich allows them to communicate with each other at huge distances on a frequency we can’t hear
5. They can play football
And the list goes on... I love them


The hippo’s lake in Ngoragora... Spectacular


Our last view of Ngoragora and the start of our homeward journey marking the end of our safari, but it is a trip I will never forget...

PS I had linked all the phot's up with the comments but unfortunetly things didn't quite work out but I hope this at least gives you an idea of what I'm doing...