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    • Van Tanzania naar Zuid-Afrika
      Day 6

      Safari dag 1 en 2 Serengeti

      March 7, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Prachtige tocht over de Serengeti, heel veel dieren gezien. Eigenlijk alle big five, zelfs een slapend luipaard in een boom. Het was magisch mooi, dit is wat natural high betekent. S'avonds gingen we in het midden van de Serengeti onze tentjes opzetten, we werden omringd door het geluid van wilde dieren en zagen een hyena langs onze tent lopen.Read more

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    • TravelerAfrican Adventure
      Day 21

      Migration

      June 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Today we are heading off to look for the Wildebeest migration. But just as we got down the road from our lodge there were two cheetahs on the road so we had to stop for them and then a few minutes more and a group of Lions. So many animal on the way, eventually David put his foot down, I think he thought we would never get there.

      All of the roads are bumpy but some are horrendous. This one was the later but after about an half an hour of corrugations we started to see a few Wildebeest and then more and more. It’s unbelievable how many animals there are, they stretch from horizon to horizon.

      We found a river the Wildebeest were crossing and stayed to watch them for a while. While we were there a young Lion came down to try his luck catching one. Think he got a bit bamboozled with how many there were and couldn’t decide which one to go for so ended up with nothing. There were so many cars there, and our driver David was getting cranky with some of the other drivers coming too close to the river and eventually got out and started directing them back so the animals had more room to get to the river.

      Wildebeest are so funny, let’s go, let’s not go, and then whoop I’m going and then they are all in and then all out and then maybe all in again. We thought it’s would all be over once the Lion turned up but David said No just wait, they will forget about the Lion in ten minutes.

      David found us a spot to have lunch with the Wildebeest so they bleeped all round us for an hour or so. Then I wanted to go back and see another river crossing. I’m glad we did because it was only us and one other car there.

      We came back a different and more scenic way in time for a cocktail and a fire before dinner.      Read more

    • TravelerTansania und Sansibar
      Day 4

      Serengeti - Sehen wir die Big Five?

      July 28, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Der Start war etwas hektisch. Meinen Wecker hatte ich überhört.
      Nun standen uns ca 11 Stunden Autofahrt bevor. Teilweise Asphalt, oft aber mit "Tanzanian Massage". Schönen Gruß von meinen Bandscheiben.
      Bei Vodafone noch schnell eine Daten-SIM geholt. Weiter geht's.
      Am zeitigen Nachmittag erreichen wir dann den Serengeti Nationalpark. Jetzt geht's los mit Tieren.....
      Antilopen aller Art, Elefanten, Giraffen, Büffel. Aber immer wieder müssen wir weiter. Unser Camp liegt über 2 h vom Eingang des Parks weg.
      Unser Fahrer stoppt, 6 Löwinnen liegen faul 2 m neben der Straße. Sie waren kaum dazu zu bewegen ihren Kopf zu heben. Nur nicht bewegen...
      Wir kamen gut durchgeschüttelt im Camp an aber waren von den vielen Tieren begeistert.      Read more

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    • Tanzania 🇹🇿
      Day 14

      Safari dag 2 🐒🦁🦓🐗🐘🦒🦛

      August 10, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      Serengeti. We hadden en 6u lange rit om in Serengeti te geraken. Eens daar hebben we veel dieren gezien. 2 leeuwinnen verstopt onder een brugje en in een buis, een leeuw, leeuwin met kleintjes, hyena's, nijlpaarden, en veel andere dieren die we gisteren hadden gezien zoals zebra's, olifanten, giraffen,...Read more

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    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 109

      A perfect end to our first Serengeti day

      August 23, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      As our safari continued, we saw:

      • Tawny eagles
      • Five lions sleeping under a tree
      • A den of hyenas (a pair with their pups)
      • A male lion, sleeping
      • Several Coke’s hartebeest (this was a new species for us)
      • A leopard and her cub up a tree. Unfortunately, she came down and disappeared into the bush before we had chance to take photos.
      • A lilac-breasted roller – the national bird of Kenya
      • A group of ground hornbill
      • A leopard in a tree with her kill – a small gazelle
      • A leopard walking through long grass close to the road

      The last two sightings were incredible, but they caused some friction between our driver, Mankinga, and Nash. Despite Mankinga’s explanations over the radio, Nash couldn’t find us. Amos, the driver of the other 4x4, was less experienced than Mankinga and didn’t know the names of all of the small roads and tracks in the Serengeti. Nash wanted Mankinga to give up and go straight to our campsite. Mankinga is passionate about what he does and wanted to give us (his clients) the best possible experience, so he continued to where he knew the animals were. Nash wasn’t impressed, but we were very grateful as we saw the animals and those in the other vehicle didn’t!

      We got to the campsite after dark, so we had to get sorted out using our head lamps. Luckily, the guy who drove Ibrahim to camp had put our tents up for us! Dinner was mushroom soup followed by lamb stew with mashed potato. Both were very good. Mark was on washing-up duty, and I was on flapping and packing. It was 9.30pm by the time we’d finished. The facilities were none too clever, so we skipped a shower and went straight to bed, knowing we would only have a few hours before we had to be up again!      Read more

    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 110

      Early morning game drive in Serengeti

      August 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      We got up at just after 5am, but we’d already been awake for about an hour. We were woken by Kim’s voice as she went off for her hot-air balloon ride! We had a light breakfast of bread, butter, jam, and bananas. While we were eating in the kitchen, an enormous Maribou stork (one of the ‘ugly five’) flew over us and landed just outside. He strutted around for quite a while and happily posed for photos! 😂

      Talking of photos, we were going to have to be a bit selective about what we took today as we hadn’t been able to charge the camera or my phone properly.

      We boarded our 4x4s for our morning game drive. We could hear baboons barking as we drove out of camp. We saw several balloons above us. Mankinga wasn’t impressed. He said the animals are always scared by the sound of the jets.

      During the morning, we had an amazing time and saw:

      • A white-bellied bustard
      • Buffalos
      • Zebras
      • 3 hyenas
      • A family of warthogs
      • Giraffes
      • Lots of guinea fowl
      • Some hyrax sitting on top of rocks (these were too far away to photograph as we were trying to make our camera battery last). We saw them at Spitzkoppe Camp in Namibia.
      • A solitary eland, the biggest antelope in Africa, weighing up to 800kg! We saw some at the Cape in South Africa, but they were quite far away, so we took the opportunity to snap this one close up!
      • A leopard walking away from a tree and another stalking a gazelle. Both of these were fascinating to watch, but too far away to photograph properly.

      While we were seeing all this wildlife, we were driving through vast open grassy plains with isolated mature trees and odd rock formations.      Read more

    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 110

      Cheetahs in Serengeti

      August 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Our next sighting was of a female cheetah and her three cubs! Cheetah sightings are pretty rare, so we were all excited to see them. Once again, the other vehicle was unable to get close to them like we did, so words were exchanged over the radio between Mankinga and Nash. We reassured Mankinga that we were on his side and thanked him for all his efforts on our behalf.

      We then saw a group of elephants on a grassy plain. Mankinga explained that you can easily distinguish between male and female elephants. Males have round heads, and females have square ones!      Read more

    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 110

      Lion drama!

      August 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Mankinga got word that there were a lot of lions coming to drink at a stream, so we went to have a look. Our other 4x4 was nowhere to be seen! There were three lionesses and nine or ten cubs approaching the water. Then, a lone warthog came across the field towards them. Immediately, the three adult females were ready to hunt! They formed a huge triangle around the poor pumba! They were clearly co-operating and trying to close in on their prey. It was fascinating and thrilling to watch events unfold!

      Their first attempt failed, and they gave it up. They may have had another go. Certainly, all the other vehicles were waiting and watching. We wanted to do the same, but Nash instructed Mankinga to ‘stick to the timetable’ and proceed to the pick-up point to collect Kim and Siroj from their balloon ride, despite the fact that neither of them were in our vehicle! To say we were disappointed was an understatement, especially as Nash had told us last night that if we were seeing interesting stuff, we could stay out! When we arrived at the pick-up point before Nash, our disappointment turned to anger!! We might just have missed out on witnessing our first kill!

      We bought drinks. Nobody said anything to Nash when he turned up! We got back in our 4x4s to return to camp for brunch.      Read more

    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 110

      Back to camp for brunch

      August 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      On the way, we saw lots of giraffes and a bachelor herd of impalas, known as a rank. Impalas are nicknamed McDonalds in the Serengeti, thanks to the M marking on their behinds!

      For brunch, Ibrahim had prepared pasta, salad, sausages, and pancakes. A strange combo!!

      We spent the time before our next game drive desperately trying to get some charge into our devices and answering questions from Bon Voyage about our next tour.

      At 3pm, we left camp again. This time, we saw:

      • Impalas
      • Waterbucks
      • Topi
      • Zebras
      • Warthogs
      • A troupe of baboons in and around a large acacia tree. (We saw thousands of flat-topped acacia trees this afternoon – the iconic image of Africa)      Read more

    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Day 110

      Afternoon game drive

      August 24, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      As our afternoon game drive continued, we saw:

      • Egyptian geese
      • Two crocodiles
      • Hippos
      • Elephants
      • Lesula – blue-balled monkeys (another new species for us on this trip)
      • A dik-dik – this tiny antelope is definitely my favourite! We have seen quite a few on this trip, but this was the first time I was able to get good photos of one.
      • Two lionesses walking through the grass
      • A huge herd of elephants, including a couple of tiny babies, crossing the road in front of our truck      Read more

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    Mara Region, Mara, Mkoa wa Mara

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