T49 Tanzania - The Serengeti, Lake Victoria
Friday, 28 April 2017 2:19 am
It was cold last night, very cold.
Road speed 20KPH
The more we looked the more we see.
We leave the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and into the Serengeti National Park.
Yes it is $$$’s but where else do you see thousands of animals that form their own road block.
Speed limit is 50KPH !
The Maasai herds people also have access to the area for their goats.
You actually need a US$300 license to photograph the locals but in this case I took a photo of the road condition with my GPS and he just popped up !
We stopped for morning coffee and these two friendly ladies came up and chatted. We gave them some biscuits and they then asked if we would like a photograph...yes please !
This time of the year, the wildebeest are starting to gather in very large herds in preparation for the migration.
During calving time 8,000 are born every day in the Serengeti.
Only 40% survive the first 4 months.
Our biggest surprise of the Serengeti was 4 tree climbing lions in one tree.
We had time so we headed into the northern section where the mass migration takes place in June to September where 2 million mass to complete the clockwise migration of the Serengeti.
Already many varieties in huge numbers
Everywhere so much wildlife
T201: Lobo Camp Serengeti National Park
Cost: Heaps
Today: 236 Kms
Africa Total: 37,302 Kms
Altitude: 1,805 Metres
Friday 28th April 2017:
As much as the cost is just stupidly unbelievable, you can maybe ‘only just’ justify it to yourself when you see the abundance of wildlife.
Thousands of Zebras...
We roughly counted in excess of 1,000 Wildebeest in this one herd alone and this is one of many hundreds of herds we saw.
Just when the extreme corrugated roads were getting the better of me and I was about to threaten to stop driving these shit roads we see a Cheetah.
Watched it for 1/2 hour then we hear of a Leopard in a tree about 3 kms away.
T202: Pimbi Camp - Serengeti National Park
Cost: Heaps
Today: 175 Kms
Africa Total: 37,478 Kms
Altitude: 1,528 Metres
Saturday 29th April 2017:
We exit the Serengeti by the western corridor.
Not a lot of wildlife but this one young giraffe took our fancy.
Camp is right on Lake Victoria.
T203: Mwanza Yacht Camp
Cost: TZS 15,000 (US$7.50)
Today: 272 Kms
Africa Total: 37,750 Kms
Altitude: 1,132 Metres
Enjoyed a few beers in the bar and then dinner
Sunday 30th April 2017:
Crossed over the lower part of Lake Victoria by the Kikongo ferry on the road to Geita then Biharamulo.
Our camp is in an old 1905 German Fort
T204: Biharamulo Old German Fort Camp
Cost: TZS 10,000 (US$5)
Today: 259 Kms
Africa Total: 38,009 Kms
Altitude: 1,514 Metres
Tomorrow into Rwanda....