Friday, April 29, 2011

The wilderness of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

From Amboseli we drove to the border with Tanzania, Namanga, and onto Arusha where we had a delicious lunch.  Onward we flew to the Serengeti and over the active volcano, Ol Donyo Lengai; three spectacular volcanoes in two weeks!
 As we drove to our camp we came across two old bull elephants who were wrestling and play fighting with each other.
The wildebeest migration is massed on the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti.  We found this large group crossing an arm of Lake Ndutu despite the danger of their young calves when they could have easily walked around.  We saw one poor calf which was left behind, exhausted from wading through the mud and chest high water.
The next morning we found a troup of baboon basking in the warm sunlight before they descend for their breakfast.
After searching all safari we found our... elusive leopard on our way to catch our charter back to Arusha on the last day of our safari.  Nothing like keeping it to the last minute!

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