Serengeti Day 2 (29 June 2023)

This was the second full day in the Serengeti.  Today was more of the civilized side - lots more people, visitor center, flushing toilets (yesterday every time we had to go behind the land cruiser in the middle of the road for safety).  I especially enjoyed watching the hippos and giraffes fighting.  Probably the highlight was when we saw a group of maybe 5? lion cubs towards the end of the day.  That, and finally getting my luggage, which spent 2 days in Amsterdam, then went past JRO to Dar Es Salaam where it spent 2 more days before being flown back to JRO, then taken to the Arusha airport for a bush flight out to the Serengeti.  Despite all that, not all of my belongings were in there when it finally came, so, more on that later.  We got back to the camp a little before sunset, which was fun to be able to chill a while, take photos of the sunset, and enjoy the slower pace.  The food was good, but by this point JT was getting tired of the 3 choices of curry for dinner (2 more choices than we would get on Kili, mind you...)

She knows what you are thinking...

Impala

Dik-dik - the smallest in the antelope family.  You don't want to be one on the Serengeti.  Stay tuned to future posts...

Hippo fight

These ants made a crossing in our path that we had to jump over.  They were thick like the scarabs in the Mummy.

Fred?

Secretary bird (see the pencils stuck behind her ears?)

Topi

I enjoyed the KU Lizard. Mwanza flat-headed rock agama according to google.

Cats are all the same.

Baby elephants!

Zebras hiding in plain sight.  You don't see them, do you?

Mongoose

We could see this brushfire from our tent.

Probably beef?  It's been over a year.

I'm thinking pumpkin soup.

Closing the windows for the night.

Chilling on the ride.

I think Giraffe bone?  JT may have to correct me.

This is actually a picnic area - Watch out for the monkeys, they'll steal your food.

I have taught him well.

Our guide had to take a photo of the luggage to prove it arrived to his management.

I forget if I posted this already, but this is how they mod the Land Cruisers.  The top pops open so you can get pictures without glass, and we really enjoyed riding around standing up.

One of my favorite things is spotting the lions on top of the kopi- or rock piles