As if the Gorillas weren't enough we headed straigh to Arusha to start a 5 day safari in the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. Managed to get a good deal for a jeep safari with just 4 people in the jeep... After somehow missing all the lions in Kruger a few years ago, lions were top of my wanted list, and i wasn't disappointed... within half an hour of entering the park we found a pride of about 15 lions relaxing on a mound of earth right next to the road! Over the 5 days i counted 38 lions, including 2 lionesses chowing down on a nasty bit of buffalo caught the previous night... also saw several leopards sleeping in the trees, hippos, black rhino, elephants, zebras and giraffes a plenty and just caught a cheetah before
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