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Lamai Airstrip in the Northern Serengeti
A Secretary Bird
Serengeti is derived from Maasai word meaning Endless Plains
Our last camp is a mobile one
Heading to our tent
This camp moves every six months between north and south Serengeti
Inside is still lovely though
Toilet inside but shower is bucket filled by attendant outside while you shower
Comfy bed and bug netting as always
Lots of room for our bags and fresh air during the day
Front porch view across the Serengeti
Endless Plains
Our first sighting is four giraffes right near camp
Giraffe cutie
Giraffe
Giraffe
They're usually shy but these got pretty close
This one had been recently rescued from some snares tangled on her leg
She couldn't walk on it yet but the guide was sure she would survive the predators
Pretty giraffe face
Who you looking at
Giraffe and plains
Cute giraffe pic
Wildebeest everywhere
Have not identified this yet
Or this
Heron and wildebeest
And of course lots of elephants
Baby nursing
With wildebeest herd
Mama and baby
Babies will nurse for two years
Pretty light
Pretty light
Pretty light
Pretty light
Our first Serengeti sunset begins
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset on the Serengeti
Back at camp
Sunset on the Serengeti
The last remnants of sunset
Male ostrich
Vultures cleaning up a kill
There is a pecking order of course
Maribu Stork also feeds
And now we find the Cheetahs
At a fresh wildebeest kill
Brothers who hunt together
A stork patiently waits for leftovers
Look at the big belly full of fresh meat
Not a lean mean running machine right now
But still on the lookout for trouble
Cheetahs spots are solid while leopard are rings
Really really full belly on this one
They won't hunt or eat for 2 or 3 days after this
Time to start washing up
The totally clean each other
Then wander off to find some shade and sleep it off
Heading towards the trees
And the vultures have been waiting in the background
They'll clean this carcass entirely today
Looking for a good nap spot
Antelope beyond know their bellies are full
They stroll right in front of the trucks
And ours as well
Ah at last some shade
Big enough for two
A little more cleaning
More elephants
Vultures and storks
After a bath at a watering hole drying their wings
Does not take long in the hot African sun
A hyena cooling off in the watering hole
Small seasonal creek is about dry now
Hyena is cooling
Wildebeest across the river pondering a crossing
A few went down the bank and tried
But nope the crocs are waiting
There were several dead wildebeest carcasses in the river
Back to the pretty giraffe
The larger darker one is the male
A raptor for sure look at that beak
An African Fish Eagle
Wildebeest as far as you can see
And later that night the cheetah brothers were still nearby sleeping off the big breakfast
Back at camp it was pouring down rain
We had a delicious curry that night from this pretty pot
These serving dishes were a pain falling into fire underneath all the time
Serengeti Sunrise
And look there are wildebeest
Literally like 1.5 million of them
Heading to south serengeti slowly
We find a lioness laying in a clearing
Not bothered by anything
Just watching us watch her
Don't know where the rest of the girls are
She's just being a lazy lion
Patiently letting us take pictures
Laying out of the grass so we could easily find her
Look at the size of those paws
She's just looking around
Balloons fly every morning from Kenya across the border and further north Serengeti
Looks pretty but no thanks
Something no animal wants to see even lions
A pack of hyenas
Coming straight to the truck
They will take down a lion
Hoping they just pass on by
More pretty giraffes
Another secretary bird
Another spot at the river where the wildebeest will cross
Look at the edge of the cliff under the tree on the left its a lion
She is patiently waiting but her partner starts a chase
So she comes out and joins for a bit but not long
Guide tells us lions are basically lazy and won't work too hard
The two of them lay in the grass and the wildebeest cannot cross now
Just lazing away the day
So we go off for our last breakfast in the bush
Rob is ready for some food
It's a typically delicious spread from the camp
Breakfast in the trees
All is well until the Park Ranger arrives
Back to check on the wildebeest crossing and the lions are still there so no crossing
Another Superb Starling I think
Some baboons in the tree
And look a turtle
And wildebeest
Good shot of the African Fish Eagle
Female Waterbuck
Male Waterbuck I think
Claw marks from a Leopard
They bring their prey up the tree to eat
Looking for leopards
Found a very shy girl high up a tree
She is shy and hiding
Vervet Monkey
A Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey in the tree
Hello Mr Leopard
Sleeping high in the tree
Nice to see his pretty face
See how high up he is
Readjusting for comfort
See from the other side how he is perched
And he just sleeps like that safe from anyone bothering him
Definitely needs a pillow
Cannot quite get comfortable
Ahhh that works
See how his spots are different than the Cheetah
She is still being shy way high up in her tree
There are only two leopards this close together because one is he and one is she
Otherwise each would be fighting for home territory
She is literally sitting on a branch
Butt down feet over the edge
She will just sleep right there
Our last Serengeti Sunset
Rob and Emmanuel at our last sundowner
The best guide in the Serengeti been there nearly 20 years
Sundowners with a herd of elephants walking by
Thankfully they just stayed over there
Giraffe at sunset
We wanted BBQ the entire trip and our last night in Africa the lodge totally delivered
Some of the staff saying goodbye and I am so sad to go
One last chance to photograph a Roller
My capture is partial and bluffy but Rob got the good shot with his big camera
Flying out looking at what the camps look like from above
And on to Kenya Air for our tortured trip to the Middle East
