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    • Day 48

      On the road

      February 21, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Secondo giorno!!
      La notte in campeggio come già detto non è stata male!
      La sveglia questa mattina non è stata malvagia, alle 8.30 avevamo la colazione pronta, preparata dal nostro cuoco Pablo e poi via sulla jeep per proseguire il nostro viaggio.
      Oggi non è stato un giorno di safari ma più un viaggio per arrivare al parco nazionale Serengeti con varie tappe in mezzo.
      La prima tappa è stata la vista panoramica sul cratere di ngorongoro dove poi andremo a fare il safari l’ultimo giorno. Veramente emozionante, una vista dall’alto spettacolare. E pensare che dentro il cratere è pieno di animali che vivono la. Incredibile!!!
      Proseguiamo poi andando a prendere le nostre tende nel campsite dove alloggeremo l’ultima sera. Ma recuperiamo le tende così stasera abbiamo dove dormire nel prossimo campeggio. Sosta rapida, oggi fa veramente caldo!

      Risaliamo in macchina, prosegue il viaggio verso Serengeti, entriamo nella riserva di ngorongoro, precisamente la zona abitata dai Masai. Passiamo difianco a questi piccoli villaggi e poi finalmente ci fermiamo in uno. Ovviamente bisognava pagare l’entrata ma ne valeva veramente la pena. Veniamo accolti dal capo villaggio, che ci porta a vedere una danza tipica loro, veniamo coinvolte tutte a ballare. Dopo di che ci porta a vedere l’asilo. Una casetta costruita da fango, escrementi di mucca e un po’ di legno. Come anche tutte le case.
      I bambini erano dentro a fare “scuola” con l’insegnante. Era tutto tranne che una classe, la cosa che mi ha impressionato di più erano questi bimbi con circa 40 mosche sulla loro faccia. Poveri.. io stavo impazzendo non immagino loro. È più un asilo che una scuola, poi quando crescono devono fare 40km tutti i giorni per raggiungere le elementari a ngorongoro.. e vi assicuro che i trasporti non sono minimamente paragonabili alla cutta di Arusha.. figuriamoci all’Europa!
      Ci vengono poi fatte vedere le loro case, impressionante. Molto basse, tanto che io non riuscivo a stare in piedi, tutte costruite con melma,niente luce. Saranno stati 4 metri quadrati di casa con dei buchi dove dormivano. Allucinante... sconvolgente! Impossibile immaginare che le persone nel 2020 vivano ancora in determinate condizioni.. la cosa bella è che si mantengono ancora vecchie culture e tradizioni ma ci sono degli aspetti soprattutto sull’igiene che sono veramente difficili da concepire per noi!
      I Masai uomini possono avere fino a 4 mogli, e la cosa ancora più sorprendente è che le donne costruiscono i villaggi e le case.. gli uomini invece lavorano con il bestiame. I masai sono dei Nomadi, hanno una base fissa ma quando il bestiame deve migrare devono seguire gli animali! Quindi tutto il villaggio si sposta.

      Terminiamo così la nostra visita e devo ammettere che è stato molto interessante, non avevo ancora visto niente di simile! andiamo avanti.. ci fermiamo a fare un pic nic in mezzo al nulla, proprio Into the wild e dopo circa mezz’oretta da la arriviamo all’ingresso di Serengeti!

      Ah dimenticavo per strada abbiamo visto di tutto, zebre, giraffe, antilopi!
      Ma appena messo piede nell’altro parco nazionale il mitico frank ha subito beccato una leonessa dormire tra un cespuglio!
      WOW! Iniziamo più che bene!

      Ormai però si è fatto tardi, proseguiamo verso il camping dove dormiremo stasera. Montiamo le tende, cena e poi a letto!
      Ecco sta notte non è stata proprio piacevole, tranne che abbiamo avuto nuovi compagni durante la notte.. precisamente un leone e una iena! SURREALE!!!
      La sveglia è veramente presto e io avrò dormito circa due ore.. vabbè amen, di tempo per dormire ne ho!
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    • Day 9

      Safari dag 3: Masai dorp

      November 19, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Helaas was het weer tijd om de Serengeti uit te rijden aangezien we maar een permit hadden voor 24 uur. We hebben nog flink geracet over de lange hobbelweg om dit te kunnen halen! Op de terugweg zijn we langs een Masai dorp gereden. We wilden geen aapjes kijken (in dit geval), maar de Spanjaarden wilden het graag zien. Voor een klein bedrag mochten we een kijkje nemen en wat foto's schieten. Ze wilden mij wel ruilen voor een Masai vrouw met Piet. Uiteindelijk werden er 2 olifanten geboden, maar ook toen was Piet niet onder de indruk.. Hierna reden we naar de rand van de krater om te kamperen tussen de zebras en waterbuffels. Deze waren als de dood voor Piets zaklamp, dus dat kwam goed uit. Lekker geluid wel als je in je tent ligt en ze een meter van je hoofd keihard lopen te grazen. Ze hebben gelukkig niet over de tent gebanjerd.Read more

    • Day 7

      Ballonsafari

      February 12 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Wer sich über den Boden erhebt, sieht weiter ….

      Mal wieder ging es früh los. Um 5:30 Uhr wurden wir von Serengeti Ballon Safari abgeholt und zum Abflugplatz gefahren. Es dauerte eine Weile, bis der Ballon startklar war. Ich muss ehrlich sagen, meine Nervosität stieg mit jeder Minute. Mit einem Heißluftballon zu fliegen ist wohl somit das aufregendste, was ich bis jetzt gemacht habe. Als der Ballon startklar war, stieg er sanft in die Höhe. Die Aussicht ist spektakulär. Wenn nicht gerade der Brenner gezündet wird, ist die Stille atemberaubend.
      Nach ca, einer stunde, sind wir eben so sanft gelandet. Die Catcher standen bereits bereit, um uns in Empfang zu nehmen. Begrüßt wurden wir mit einem Glas Champagner und im Anschluss gab es ein wundervolles Busch Frühstück.
      Was ein wundervoller Start in den Tag
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    • Day 4

      Gazellen, Sträuße, Zebras, Adler

      June 3 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Von den Gazellen gibt es hier jede Menge. Die etwas kleineren mit den schwarzen Streifen an der Seite sind Thomson-Gazellen, die etwas größeren ohne Streifen und mir langen Hörnern sind Grantgazellen. Und auch die ersten Strauße und Zebras und ein Pärchen Savannen-Adler haben wir gesehen.Read more

    • Day 29

      Celebrating My 33. BDay In The Serengeti

      November 11, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      After almost 4 weeks overlanding, we finally headed into the Serengeti National Park, which is over 14,000 square kilometers big. Together with the Ngorongoro Crater that we are going to visit tomorrow, the Serengeti was one of the big items I wanted to see on this trip - and it would not disappoint.

      The park and the sheer amount of animals (especially wildebeests and zebras) were stunning. So was the landscape. When we drove into the park, it was all green, hilly with lots of trees - not quite what I imagined. After all, Serengeti means 'endless plains'

      Once we arrived at camp - it was already dark - we quickly set up the tents and before we knew it, we were watched by hyenas and one elephant even marched right through our campsite. The next day, the 11th November and my 33. birthday, we woke up early for a morning game drive.

      Let's put it this way, I could not ask for a better game viewing. We saw prides of lions lounging in the plains - yes, we found the endless plains today -, a cheetah, baby elephants, herds over herds of zebras and wildebeests. What set the Serengeti apart from, for example, the Masai Maara in my opinion, was the sheer amount of animals. From a viewpoint, we could see lines over lines of animals - simply amazing.

      This game drive, we did not in 4x4, but in our yellow overland truck, which allowed us to sit a bit higher, which helped to spot some animals.

      After a whole morning of incredible game viewing, we then set out for a long afternoon drive to arrive at the campsite on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater, where I was surprised with a birthday cake, a birthday card and some birthday tunes. All in all, I can say that I will never forget my 33rd birthday - game driving through the Serengeti and chilling with some lions and other wild and beautiful animals. Simply magical!
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    • Day 5

      Naabi Hil Gate

      June 17 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Nach 3 Stunden anstrengender Fahrt auf einer sogenannten Wellblechpiste sind wir am Gate angekommen. Für die Vorsaison, in der wir uns ja noch befinden, ist es mega voll hier. Massen an Autos und demzufolge auch an. Menschen. Nun geht es weiter zu unserer Special Campsite Sero 4. Wir sind in der Serengeti. Endlich.Read more

    • Day 4

      Löwen

      June 3 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Endlich gab es auch ein Rudel Löwen zu sehen. Wir konnten sie fast streicheln. 0 bis 3 Jahre: Rose Nase. Ab 3 Jahren wir die Nase schwarz. Hier waren also 3 männliche junge Löwen und 2 Weibchen, eins davon die Mutter von allen (in der Astgabel).Read more

    • Day 107

      Waaahoooonderful!

      April 2, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Squeezing between Mt. Kitumbeine and old volcano Gelai I slowly descend into the East African Rift Valley where the Ngorongoro caldera builds up in front of me with the face of Ol Doinyo Lengai, the holy Maasai mountain! This active volcano is the world’s only producing natrocarbonatite lava. Don’t know what this means (Wikipedia knows) but it sounds pretty scientific and in some way I am part of it! :-P Grey soil is dominating the landscape due to the unique volcanic mineral structure. A small Maasai village pops up, surrounded by thorny branches as protection against lions and white invaders. The bushy vegetation vanishes and gives space to more of this thick, juicy grass and lower shrubs. Hazy hills – all having been small volcanos once – appear behind the next elevation and this is how I ride into the dusk. No human beings around for hours.

      I turned south by now, paralleling the caldera and the further I progress the more mysterious the scenery gets! Black dots appear in far distance on the endless grassscape. I come closer. Wildebeests! Zebras! Giraffes! Thomson’s gazelles! All around the place! Whaaaat the heck? Whoever told you that you have to enter Serengeti National Park to see some of the famous wildlife migration didn’t tell you that, obviously, some of these beasts will probably migrate out of the national park at one point. Here we are. I find a hideout for the night under an acacia tree between the gravel road and a dry river bed, just under Mt. Kerimasi. My inner self is pretty satisfied, let’s call it “the turn of the tide”.
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    • Day 8

      Safari dag 2: Serengeti

      November 18, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Eenmaal uit de highlands reden we de Serengeti in en de naam zegt het al: de vlaktes waren eindeloos. Fantastisch dat je ergens op aarde nog uren rechtdoor kan rijden en alleen maar natuur en dieren ziet. We waren blijkbaar precies op tijd voor de Wildebeest migration: Wildebeesten die 2000km van Kenia naar Tanzania lopen op zoek naar water. De kuddes reikten tot aan de horizon, zo veel waren het er. Dit spectaculaire zicht was een hoogtepunt, maar we hebben ook genoeg andere dieren gezien zoals leeuwen, olifanten, gazelles, antilopes salamanders etc. Deze nacht sliepen we in een tentje midden in de Serengeti. We zagen een donderstom in de verte, waarna de lucht open trok en vol was met sterren. Ondanks de vele beesten die rond en door het kamp liepen stond er 's nachts geen ranger op de uitkijk. Toen ik dan ook midden in de nacht wakker werd en moest plassen, durfde ik niet uit de tent. Hoe langer ik wakker lag, hoe meer diergeluiden ik hoorde. Het gebrul van Wildebeesten en het gehuil van hyenas.. Toen ik Piet eenmaal wakker had gemaakt, stapte hij zonder nadenken de tent uit om te zien of de kust veilig was. Dat was zo, maar eenmaal terug in de tent hoorden we de hyenas heel dicht bij lachen en vechten. De voetsporen 10m van de tent logen er niet om de volgende ochtend.Read more

    • Day 20

      "The preferred option on rainy days"? 🧐

      December 25, 2022 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      There are two ways out of Malambo. One northwards in direction to Sale where we came from, which is supposed to be an impenetrable hell of mud after more than 60 mm of precipitation per day. The other one southwards in direction to Ngorongoro conservation area which is supposed to be the preferred option on rainy days. It is dry but we do not want to drive back the same road and thus decide to enter Ngorongoro conservation area. There will be no gate from where we come from and therefore we will be entering the conservation area "illegally".

      Just 12 km out of Malabo we stop at Sanjan river with high, fast water. And this is "... the preferred option on rainy days"?? A totally new experience for me as I never drove through such a wide, dirty and fast-flowing river. There are two potential fords but both look difficult on the first glance. We spend over one hour deciding which of both to choose. Thanks to good mobile network connection I contact Dirk and send him a few pictures. He just responds "You can cross the river without any fear, I do it once a week and never had problems.". After getting out of the car and wading through one ford, I confirm the potential crossability and we do as we are told. Crocodiles seem to have siesta. Puh, what an adventure 😅!
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