Saturday March 18, 2006
The Serengeti in Tanzania is one of those places that you see on tv and dream of seeing one day. The wildlife is unbelievable with its great diversity. I really did not expect to see camels there. I only thought they were in the desert.
Today we drove 3 hrs to the Serengeti National Park. On the way we saw 2 lions with a wildebeest kill. I also witnessed the wildebeest migration which is beyond belief. Over one million wildebeest travel year round in a large circle from the Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater and then back to Kenya. During our time here we saw 4 of the Big 5 {lion, water buffalo, elephant and the elusive leopard}. Only the rhino was missing.
We found the elusive leopard after lunch. When we arrived at the site, 3 other vehicles were also there. The leopard was lying on a branch in the tree and we found out that the other vehicles had been waiting for 2 hrs for him to move. As soon as we parked, the leopard started to come down the tree and posed for us for about 20 minutes. The lodge was built up on high rocks and had a beautiful view of the Serengeti , especially at sunset.
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