May 17th,
Morning in Serengeti was unhurried. We are staying put here for three days, so the packing and lugging luggage was not there. The mornings are clearly the birds time. We spotted so many birds – Tawny and Fish Eagles, bare faced go away birds, starlings, cocaous – the call of the birds filled the skies.
Even the larger mammals are out grazing in the open- Giraffes’, elephants, a whole lot of antelopes. Spotted a wildebeest kill abandoned by a predator. By now our group is OK with animals dying! Ezeck tries to reason with Disha. They are all not killed, some of them die of oldage!
Lions sleeping in the morning. They all looked well fed and contend. With so many prey animals in the open plains, it must be an easy life for them. Stopped by the Seronera airstrip for coffee. There is a open jeep that goes along the runway to clear the wild animals before landing or take off!
When we reached the plains, we saw the entire horizon spotted with animals. Thousands of wildebeests and zebras crossing the plains. This is not the same migration we all see on TV. A smaller migration within the Serengeti. The ‘Migration’ has millions of animals!
It was a very spectacular experience. We joined the path of wildebeest for some time. It crossed an area called Masai Kopje. Some lions were perched on the top having fed on the wildebeests.
Headed back to the lodge for a hot lunch and some snooze.
Evening we went to see a hippo pool. Got attacked by the tse-tse flies. They are bigger than the housefly and chase and enter the jeep. Very difficult to get rid of these. They try and get in your eyes, nose, ears! Awful.
Some good old lady who stopped by the hippo pool asked if we were prepared and them sprayed repellent on kids and me! The return journey was in peace!
The hippo pool is large and full of – well – Hippos! So many together. It was wake up time for them. They feed by the day and get into water by day break and stay there. The yawns and cries were awesome!
Disha and I made a strong context at dinner. We will see cheetahs with cubs and lions with cubs tomorrow. We are yet to see the lion pride!
You must set your expectation right when you come here. Don’t expect a Nat Geo one-hour production! I was open to see what ever Serengeti shared!
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