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Published: March 13th 2008
Today we begin our break from work and head off on a safari organized by St Jude. Richard, Gemma’s husband, organises safaris for visitors to the school.
We set out first thing in the morning in 3 vehicles and headed to the Serengeti which took all day just to get there.
It was dusk by the time we arrived at the camp site. We saw a lot of animals on the way in and stopped at every one to have a closer look. We even saw a pair of young male lions snoozing on an anthill about 50 metre from the road.
The camp site was in the middle of the bush. It had flushing squat toilets and a shower bag hanging up in a small room which you had to ladle water up into. But first you had to ladle the water from a basin tap into a bucket. The water was cold but I still had two showers over the 3 days that we were there as it was so dusty. Most didn't have any showers, a lot of people had sponge baths using steri-wipes. There was a small shower block under construction but it wasn't
finished.
The camp had 3 open caged rooms, two for eating in and one for the cooking. This was to keep the baboons and other wild animals out. There were a number of other groups camped there as well, and there was also quiet a few of other camping sites near by.
The tents are just set up on a lawn area surrounded by the bush. I was surprised as to how quiet the night was, as I was expecting a lot more noise. We heard a jackal bark near our tents on the first night and apparently a hyena was sniffing around the cooking cage the second night. In the morning we could see giraffes feeding about 50 metres away from our tents. We spent the next 2 days driving around the Serengeti’s dusty tracks that radiated out from the camping area. Each safari vehicle had an open top so we could all stand and get a better view.
We saw everything and more, including elephant, lions, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, hippos, hyenas, jackals, dik diks, impala, Thompson gazelles, ostriches, heartbeest, warthogs and a leopard as well as much much more. Most of the animals were very
close to the road and easy to see. In fact a few of us commented that it was almost like they were posing for the camera.
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Capn Ned
Andrew Kelly
Hippos in the pool
150 in the pool and 1 standing on the rocks beside huh Sog? Just caught up with your travelblog stuff...looks amazing!! We're at the twilight of our Vietnam trip now wth only a few more days to go. Will post some pics to the blog when I get home so you can see where we've been too....How about bringing the family up to Mackay when you get back and we can compare adventures....oh and take a shower mate. Cheers Kel