Tanzanian Safari 2011: Day Two

Day Two - Serengeti National Park
The drive from Tarangire to Serengeti is a long one, so right after an early breakfast we say goodbye to our beautiful host at Osopuko Logde and hit the road.

The owner, David, flanked by a staff member and two Masai

Our dancing partners of last night ply their wares.

Itinerary Day 2, 24^th Dec: After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park with a game drive en route via Olduvai Gorge or Maasai Village. After your picnic lunch, begin your afternoon game drive and enjoy the spectacular plains and the huge populations of wildlife followed by dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge for meals and overnight.

Masai unloading goats from a really nice van.

We stopped on our way to take photos of the Ngorogoro Crater

This is Paige's fave. A classic of portrait photography.

We're here!

And so are the giraffes

Wildebeests migrating.

If you look closely at the background, you will see thousands of wildebeests. 3.5 million live in the park, moving from place to place to graze and drink.

Corey Bustard

As mentioned earlier, Tiger was driving down a track in the Serengeti at 50 km/hr. when he spotted this leopard sleeping in a tree. (Did you know that they are arboreal? Me neither. Except when hunting, they live in trees.) This particular tree was at least 150 metres from the trail and for the first two minutes of trying, I could not see the leopard. Then the tail flicked!

The appropriately named Sausage Tree. Although poisonous, the fruit is used to treat syphilis and rheumatism.

Egrets by a hippo pool.

We were on our way back to the lodge when Tiger got a message on the radio and changed course. Minutes later, we joined a group of 4X4s and watched in awe as a group of four lionesses finished eating a buffalo they had brought down right at the side of the road the night before.