Central Serengeti - Day 3

 Today was a day of 2 halves.

We spent the first couple of hours in the very busy central area. We did have some good sightings including 2 giraffes fighting, a lion sleeping in a tree, a cheetah and then a group of lions under a tree with a giraffe on high alert close by.  The cat sightings were very busy. It had also rained overnight making the roads very muddy and slippery. At the cheetah sighting the cars were 4 deep and some were slipping all over the place, clearly inexperienced drivers not in control of their cars…..Alladin was not happy and quickly announced “I shouldn’t have come!!”. Unfortunately we were hemmed in and it was difficult to turn around but when an opportunity arose we quickly left. This was such a contrast to our experience with the leopard the day before. 

So heading away from the crowds we soon came across a lion who appeared to be looking for food. She was quite a way away to begin with but as she walked towards us we could see she was really quite thin. She was heading towards some zebra but in reality it didn’t look as though she was likely to make a kill. A much calmer sighting with only about 4 other cars.

Driving on we spent some time with some zebra, before stopping at the large hippo pools.

After this we drove north towards Ikoma and had a really lovely peaceful afternoon among the animals and birds, hardly seeing another car. We stopped under a tree for lunch and just soaked up the atmosphere. Sometimes you just need to take some time, sit back and really appreciate where you are.

As seemed to be the pattern by mid afternoon it got very dark again and by 4.15 the rain arrived with thunder and lightning and this time we couldn’t avoid it. This was the first time we had had to put the roof down on this safari. 

On arrival back at camp the staff met us with umbrellas and made sure we had hot water for a shower. 

This evening after dinner we were treated to a song and dance display by the staff and given a Kwaheri cake ( a goodbye cake) as we were leaving the following day. A bit of fun enjoyed by everyone in the restaurant. If you aren’t familiar with this type of thing have a look at the video……and the cake was good too.