Farewell to the Serengeti

We stayed at Sayari Mara Camp while in the Northern Serengeti and it was situated in a perfect position among some small kopje outcroppings on top of a ridge with huge views towards the Siria escarpment over the Mara River.  Our hosts were Barbara and Joe, soon to be married and extremely gracious.  They keep this beautiful camp in perfect running order with delicious cuisine and attentive service. Well done guys.

On our last evening we explored some kopjes to the east hoping for a sight of one of the big cats up on the rocks.  Sadly no cats but we did take the opportunity for a group photo with Fazo our Tanzanian driver, Fraida, Bob and myself. 

On the way back we spotted this outcropping which looks like a Henry Moore sculpture of a figure sitting back and hugging their knees.

The next morning after farewells we embarked on our safari to Kenya on our charter flights.  Our first flight took us over the active volcano, Ol Donyo Lengai which means ‘Mountain of God’ in the Masai language and which erupted several times between September 2007 and April 2008, covering the country in a mantle of grey ash and white lava. The volcano is unique in the world as the only one currently active which produces the low temperature natrocarbonatite lava. We circled the mountain a couple of times and had clear views into the crater.  You can clearly see the grey ash which has covered the surrounding country with the green grass from the recent rains on the unaffected areas.