Leaving the Serengeti

Today … an African massage on the bumpy and dusty road back to Karatu.

Once again, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise. Last night, we could hear bat-eared foxes, zebras, hyenas and a lion that was very close by, we were told.

Just after breakfast, around 8, we started the four hour trip back out of the park. The morning was spent looking for animals and we saw all the animals we had seen before as well as a jackal. There are so many animals!

But every time that we spot a new animal, it is doing something different. Two lions were mating beside a river, A hippo came out of its stagnant pool and went into the grasses. A hyena was wallowing in a big mud puddle. Skittish zebras were trying to take a drink in the hippo pool but were frightened by something nearby. Maybe a crocodile?

By 1 pm, we were back at a picnic area and had our lunch. There seemed to be a lot of people there. Norton has told us that it is low season and there aren’t many tourists compared to the high season. Still there are a lot.

The afternoon was spent driving back to Karatu, just outside of the Ngorongoro Conservation area. We stayed there when we came. The road was under construction and extremely dusty. We appreciated that we were not driving! Then it started to rain. Now the dust was mud and the road had to be slippery. Norton did a great job.

We arrived at the hotel at around 4 p.m., were greeted with a passion fruit juice and jumped into the shower.Read more