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Our next and final lodge had spectacular views across the Serengeti, all of it laid out before you. It also had the hardest beds in the world and the worst soup we had experienced! The services wasn't the best on the trip either but the local troop of baboons provide early morning entertainment. If you can stay somewhere else, I would, but there aren’t many options.
All the migration had left this area. However on our drive round the Water Pumb circuit, the Lobo Hills game circuit and onwards to near the Kenyan border (passing Klein’s Gate and driving halfway to Kogatende) we saw some lions (young male in tree that Andrew liked) and a herd of 33 giraffes (twiga in Swahili), including lots of baby ones, running around – fabulous. The icing on the cake was spotting a pride of lions – 3 adult females, 2 older cubs and 3 younger, fluffier ones – tucking into a wildebeats for their tea.
We also meet some of the men Godfrey originally bought the news papers for, manning the border at Baragonja. They were mightily pleased with them as the hadn’t seen or heard any news since the beginning of September.
We spent the evening with beers and G&Ts, watching the sun set over the Serengeti, and the storm clouds roll in across the vast African sky.
SAFARI IN REVIEW:
Do it. It’s brilliant.
If you can get a trip with a private guide, do so, it’s not necessarily more expensive than a big annoying group. Grodfrey was amazing – his knowledge of the landscape and the wildlife was remarkable and he shared our relaxed attitude. We loved the fact that if he saw 5 cars together in the distance, he wouldn’t steam over there, rather he’d say "too many cars – let’s go and find OUR lions." We didn’t come here to feel like we’re in a car park (or even like we’re in Woburn/Blair Drummond etc).
All the migration had left this area. However on our drive round the Water Pumb circuit, the Lobo Hills game circuit and onwards to near the Kenyan border (passing Klein’s Gate and driving halfway to Kogatende) we saw some lions (young male in tree that Andrew liked) and a herd of 33 giraffes (twiga in Swahili), including lots of baby ones, running around – fabulous. The icing on the cake was spotting a pride of lions – 3 adult females, 2 older cubs and 3 younger, fluffier ones – tucking into a wildebeats for their tea.
We also meet some of the men Godfrey originally bought the news papers for, manning the border at Baragonja. They were mightily pleased with them as the hadn’t seen or heard any news since the beginning of September.
We spent the evening with beers and G&Ts, watching the sun set over the Serengeti, and the storm clouds roll in across the vast African sky.
SAFARI IN REVIEW:
Do it. It’s brilliant.
If you can get a trip with a private guide, do so, it’s not necessarily more expensive than a big annoying group. Grodfrey was amazing – his knowledge of the landscape and the wildlife was remarkable and he shared our relaxed attitude. We loved the fact that if he saw 5 cars together in the distance, he wouldn’t steam over there, rather he’d say "too many cars – let’s go and find OUR lions." We didn’t come here to feel like we’re in a car park (or even like we’re in Woburn/Blair Drummond etc).
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