Sun 16th September Song of the day; The lion sleeps tonight by the Tokens. A change in format today - up early to leave by 6.30 am (taking picnic breakfast to eat later) and look out for the 'lazy leopard' as Cornelius explains, because the leopard lies on the branch of a tree to gain height advantage for a better view. Getting up early not such a great idea - see lots of animals but no leopard. Breakfast from beside a tree providing shade with a fantastic ...

Song of the day; Take me to the River by Talking Heads. Last night had been surprisingly peaceful at the camp- the mammals were all fairly quiet and even the insects went silent, all together, at about 11 pm. Perfect for enabling old gits to have their beauty sleep. After breakfast of fruit, cereal and eggs anyway you like, we headed off with Cornelius at about 8 o'clock. Just riding over the Serengeti with nothing 'special' to see was awesome! So vast, you co...

Song of the day; Magical Mystery Tour by the Beatles. Up early yet again- and Freddy took us to the local airport- basically a gravel airstrip on a flat piece of high ground. Another 10 seater aircraft, took us the 1 hour journey to the North- western Serengeti, home to our mobile camp, just south of the Kenya border, and the Masai Mara. Within 250 yards of the airport entrance (represented by 2 white stones) we were at rivers edge, with 20 hippos resting mid ...

Loads of animals today at ngorongoro national park

Hippos