Central Serengeti to Karatu.

 This morning was our last game drive. We said goodbye to Rae and the staff at Tanzania Bush Camp and were on our way by about 8.

After the storm last night the roads were once again very wet and muddy. Sightings included some really cute dwarf mongeese, a serval cat (not a great photo), a jackal, a large group of really lively elephants. The elephants were great and we stayed with them for ages.

About 11am we headed to Seronera airstrip to use the washrooms before heading to Naabi Hill gate where we stopped for lunch. We then drove on around the crater rim, stopping at the view point for a few photos.

By the time we got to the gate for the conservation area the car was absolutely filthy, far worse than any other day. This was due to the large puddles in the road and cars driving quite fast through them in the other direction. 

We arrived at Eileen’s Trees in Karatu about 5ish. We had decided to break our journey back to Arusha here rather than try and drive the whole way back in one go and we were happy with that decision. It had allowed us to do a game drive this morning with no rush to leave the park and then we arrived at the hotel in plenty of time to have a relaxed evening before doing the rest of the journey tomorrow.

Eileen’s Trees was a pleasant place to stay. The room was large, the water was hot and the food was fine.