Full day explorimg Serengeti

Today was a very exciting day exploring Serengeti National Park! Our morning started around the lake on the hunt to find a big Mufasa, there must have been a sighting of him around as when we arrived.. we could already see around 4 other cars driving around this area.
Along the way to find Mufasa, we had a very exciting car trip!
First we saw some pink flamingo’s, super cute and colourful especially when a lot of them are all gathered together!
Shortly after this we found a tree full of volture’s, definitely not the prettiest looking bird, but for sure a big boy to spot!
Then, the excitement started! Our tour guide got some intel over the walkie talkie and we started speeding over to a pair of cheetahs. The two cheetahs were on the hunt for some lunch! We, and many other vehicles followed the cheetah through the bush land, keeping our safe distance and letting nature do its thing. We got to see them creep along the grass and even go for a short run after some zebras’. Luckily, this time the zebras managed to get a head start (we think they got spooked by some vehicles that were getting to close) scaring them away before the cheetahs could get close enough.
It was a thrill! Almost seeing cheetahs go for a run which they are most known for! After around 30 minutes of following the pair, they eventually settled under some shade and seemed to be having a rest before going for lunch.
We were excited to see the chase but I definitely wouldn’t have wanted to watch the kill.
We drove around for a little while longer spotting some giraffes, zebras, many birds and more before heading back to our camp site for some lunch.
Noting the heat of the day, our group decided to stay at the campsite until later in the evening to avoid the heat for a break. This was a great time for everyone to catchup with some sleep and also have some time on the wifi.
4pm came around before I knew it, we set out for the evening to find Mufasa. We searched the endless plains over and over, it felt like hours at the time of just sitting, driving straight just seeing flat grass for as long as we could see…
The sun was close to setting, the team was tired and we were almost going to give up… just when… our tour guide turned around and said “guess what”!!
Mufasa! x2! A small singe tree, from afar would see as nothing but to our tour guide’s experienced eyes, we spotted 2 male lions laying down around a tree on the grass. It felt like we had waited allll day to see him! Definitely a handsome good looking animal! So scary to think we were within reach of a huge lion!
The day ended on a high! We went back to camp and shared a dinner together, reminiscing on the wonderful animal creatures we had seen today. Another day, another blessing.Leggi altro