Category: Safari
Masai Mara
Last night the full team of 15 professors and students working for Clarice arrived, which means Sharon and I were forced to take a break and go on safari. The Masai Mara is basically just an extension of the Serengeti once you cross from Tanzania into Kenya. We were promised a wildebeest migration, but unfortunately they made a poor showing. Nonetheless, it’s one of the most amazing places in the world, can’t complain.
The full team arrives in the Mara for a bonding weekend before the real work begins.
Serengeti Day Two
Today we spent more time in the open plains, where massive herds are prone to run wild, as opposed to the wooded areas, where animals like to be sneaky.
Serengeti Day One
The Serengeti is very different from the crater. For one, it’s much more expansive, though we stuck to the northernmost region. Because the area was just opened to tourism, we were pretty much the only Jeep in sight and could go off road to chase down animals. On the flip side, the animals, not used to having Jeeps around, were a bit skiddish.
During their famous annual migration (featured on Planet Earth), the wildebeest cross this river heading towards Kenya. Many get snatched up by crocodiles, who fill up so much that they don’t have to eat for the rest of the year. The migration is late this year, but I might catch it later this month at Kenya’s Maasai Mara.
Ngorongoro Crater
Ostensibly the eighth natural wonder, the Ngorongoro Crater of Tanzania was formed via implosion when the underlying magma left the area. It has since become home to a stunning array of wildlife, in fact the highest mammalian density in Africa.
Our always amiable driver and guide, Saidi. Saidi is prone to interrupting his own sentences with imitations of faunal passersby.
Our first sighting, an elephant tearing down some food.
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