SAFARI!

Finally I have some good internet acces again, although it’s limited so be patient please :)

Here's a bit about our AMAZING three day safari:

We had our own driver and jeep with a roof that popped up for us to have a great view. The animals we were so lucky to see were zebras, giraffes, chettahs, baboons, elephants, lions, antelopes, gazelles, impalas, wildebeest, warthogs, cape buffalos, rhinos, hippos, hyenas, flamingos, white pelicans, ostrichs and many different types of birds.

  
              We’re ready to go!

                 

The first day we went to Tarangire National Park which is well known for the beautiful Baobab trees. The wildlife here was incredible! The park is rather dry, but had a small river part. Once we came to where the water was there was wildlife everywheres! Most of the animals where simply walking amongst each other, drinking and bathing in the small river, it was incredible to see.

 
 
    

                          Hyena

            
The next day we drove to Lake Manyara National Park. This is a soda (alkaline)lake. The park is 329 square km and the lake covers 231 square km. Here the landscape was more green and there were several water streams throughout the park. Therefore there were also many hippos here relaxing in the waters. They are really funny to watch! After another great day of safari we drove to stay at the Farmhouse Lodge. This is a beautiful hotel resort which is also an old coffee farm. The property had lots of colourful flowers and coffee plants surrounding it. In the evening there was some traditional dance and music.

                   Hippos :)
 

     Coffee fields & the Farmhouse lodge
 
Our last day of safari we went to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Here there is a huge crater which formed from a volcanic eruption some 2-3 million years ago! Here we were so lucky to see the rhinos! (Although from far away). Nevertheless, we were lucky to see them because there are not very many rhinos left. Their horns are worth more than gold and they can unfortunately only give birth once every five years so no wonder there are not very many left. In Ngorongoro we also saw flamingos which made up a beautiful pink line from a distance. The most interetsing thing here though, was when we had our lunch. We drove down to the picnic area where many other cars were parked and only about 30 meters from the picnic grounds a male lion was spotted. He was simply just laying there watching all the people! He then got up and slowly strolled away. I feel so lucky to have been able to see all these wild animals in their natural habitat and I’ve finally fulfilled my dream of going on a safari :)

 
 


My journey continues with more updates coming soon!