Saturday 25April
Last night during dinner an elephant walked across in front of where we were dining, barely 50 metres from us.
Off on another game drive at 7.30. Not expecting a lot but the drivers heard lions roar last night so they think we might be lucky. We are headed to a different part of Serengeti and the landscape is markedly different. There are rolling hills, rocky outcrops and more trees and shrubs around the area. Apart from the usual animals there are a few new ones: mongoose, rock Hyrax, Hertibeest and rock antelopes and some ostriches. We find one lion high on a rock.
We continue on and the landscape changes again to the wide open plains. Our driver tells us this is the path the migration takes to reach the Maasai Mara. The usual animals are around, elephants, giraffes, topi, gazelles, impala, wart hogs and Cape buffalo, but nothing exciting happens. We get back to the camp just after 12. The weather is starting to look threatening for this afternoon. It is cool to cold in the morning but quickly warms up by 11 am.
After lunch we get a heavy shower of rain, this will make the tracks muddy and slippery for our afternoon game drive. The rains clear and we head off at 4 pm. The track is very muddy and the back is sliding around. On our drive out near our camp we see zebra, topi and impala. We reach the main road and drive slowly for 40 to 50 minutes and see giraffe and elephant and a couple of impala challenging each other. We take a turn off which leads to a hippo pool. On the way in there are impala and a pair of dik diks. We continue on and there are diks everywhere, sorry dik diks.
We get to the pool which is formed by a bend in the river and there are over 50 hippos grunting and splashing. We stay for about 20 minutes and then start back. There are more impala and dik diks. We round a bend and there are two cheetahs sitting in a muddy part of the track. We get some great photos. This is a great way to end our Serengeti game drives.
Tomorrow we start to head home via the Ngorongoro crater in which we have a game drive then head to our accommodation. It is going to be a long day.
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