Serengeti NP- game outing
Outbound to Iringa, , June 2, 2024
By: Lynn Meyer
Four of our group of 12 elected to get up very early and do a balloon ride followed by a champagne breakfast (see prior post).
After the rest of us woke up at a normal time and had breakfast, we headed out to pick up the ballooners. On the way two dik-dik ran into the road and ran in front of us for about 200 meters .
After passing a few zebra and wildebeest (gnu) we saw a small pride of lions cross in front of us
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| One of the females |
Then we saw a herd of Cape Buffalo at a distance (no photo)
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| and 3 topi |
We were a little late to pick up the ballooners but there were lots of vehicles in the waiting area including 2 from the Four Seasons. After a washroom break we headed out, again into the middle of the Great Migration
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| Wildebeest - Great Migration |
Saw hippos, a heron walking across the road , then more gnu!
Saw some cars parked in the distance watching lions. We took a long detour but arrived in time to see a lion and lioness come out of the bushes and copulate in front of us.
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| Lions copulating |
Then we got info about some lions in the trees
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| Lioness in a sausage tree |
We were going to go straight to lunch but the guides heard on the radio that a cheetah had taken a kill
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| Cheetah at lunch |
It turned out to be 2 male cheetahs which had finished their wildebeest dinner and were relaxing in the brush.
After lunch we got into a rainstorm that left the roads more difficult to negotiate. Got a good rainbow and saw some hippos
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| Hippos under the rainbow |
We got home in time to see the sun set
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| Sunset at Tukaone Tented Camp, Serengeti |
We had a nice meal for dinner and went to bed early to get up at 6 AM tomorrow for an early safari on our way back to Ngorongoro .
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