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Today is July 26th 2014 Saturday.
We are in Serena Lodge. We have Break Fast and start around 8.30 a.m. We are to go down into the Crater today with packed picnic Vegetarian Lunch Packets. These programs are all pre arranged and properly packed food is given for each one of us.
The Beautiful Serena Lodge.
The Rocky Walls.
We are smeared with dust powder as many vehicles overtake us. haha.
We drive down to the Crater. It is quite dense forest all around. Crater is plain grass with few green patches. It has some water holes some thick trees. We can see Mountain all around us . Whole drive is very nice.
The Crater.
On our way we see Masai Giraffes. We see lots of Zebras and also Wildebeest. We see many Hyenas, the wart hog and the big birds. We drive around, in circles and see more animals.
The Masai Giraffe.
Some more Gazelles sitting lazily.
A Jackal
Two more Hyenas.
We were very lucky to see a Leopard , which is the one of the Big Five we had not seen so far.
They are very difficult to spot as they are nocturnal and sleep in the day time. This time also one Leopard is sleeping on a tree branch very high branch with its tail and one leg hanging down.
It is very difficult to see it. We are able to see it only with the help of the binoculars. As we are quite far off, camera even with zoom lens is not able to capture it well.
With the binoculars we are able to see the classic posture of the Leopard which is sleeping peacefully.
We see two healthy black Rhinos .
We see many Lions sitting , sleeping. We wait for the sitting Lions to hunt . But they don't oblige us. Some guests had told us the previous day they had seen a hunt.
Different Poses of Different Lions. This one looked as if it is going to hunt but nothing happened.
The best thing about this park is they have built clean bathrooms with running water and also tissue paper.
We are taken near a water hole where there are lot of Hippos. We get down from the vehicle and sit on the banks as this is the place where we are to have our picnic lunch, looking at the hippos. Cool. Lots of vehicles have stopped here lunch.
After lunch we drive around and see 3 female lions we want them to get up but they don't.
The Lions which decided to take afternoon nap.
So we decide around 3.30 to return and come back to the lodge around evening. We have coffee. and relax till dinner.
Today is July 26th 2014 Saturday.
We are in Serena Lodge. We have Break Fast and start around 8.30 a.m. We are to go down into the Crater today with packed picnic Vegetarian Lunch Packets. These programs are all pre arranged and properly packed food is given for each one of us.
The Beautiful Serena Lodge.
With our Tanzanian Guide.
We are smeared with dust powder as many vehicles overtake us. haha.
We drive down to the Crater. It is quite dense forest all around. Crater is plain grass with few green patches. It has some water holes some thick trees. We can see Mountain all around us . Whole drive is very nice.
The Crater.
On our way we see Masai Giraffes. We see lots of Zebras and also Wildebeest. We see many Hyenas, the wart hog and the big birds. We drive around, in circles and see more animals.
The Masai Giraffe.
Elephant
Fox
Wildebeest. This one's colour looks lighter than what we saw in Masai Mara.
A Grants Gazelle sitting. We could see many Gazelles and Wildebeests sitting here in the Crater.
A Zebra. In the background the water body can be seen.
The Beautiful Big Crowned Cranes.
Some more Gazelles sitting lazily.
The Wild Buffaloes.
A Hyena
A spotted Hyena. We were thrilled to see the spots so clearly.
A Jackal
Two more Hyenas.
I am fascinated with the Zebras. Look at the tails . The design looks as if
some body had plaited their tails.
We were very lucky to see a Leopard , which is the one of the Big Five we had not seen so far.
They are very difficult to spot as they are nocturnal and sleep in the day time. This time also one Leopard is sleeping on a tree branch very high branch with its tail and one leg hanging down.
It is very difficult to see it. We are able to see it only with the help of the binoculars. As we are quite far off, camera even with zoom lens is not able to capture it well.
With the binoculars we are able to see the classic posture of the Leopard which is sleeping peacefully.
The Elusive Leopard It is sleeping in the thick Branch in the centre of the picture. It looks more like a branch than an animal. We can just make out the outline.
We see two healthy black Rhinos .
The Black Rhinos.
We see many Lions sitting , sleeping. We wait for the sitting Lions to hunt . But they don't oblige us. Some guests had told us the previous day they had seen a hunt.
Different Poses of Different Lions. This one looked as if it is going to hunt but nothing happened.
The best thing about this park is they have built clean bathrooms with running water and also tissue paper.
We are taken near a water hole where there are lot of Hippos. We get down from the vehicle and sit on the banks as this is the place where we are to have our picnic lunch, looking at the hippos. Cool. Lots of vehicles have stopped here lunch.
Picnic Lunch watching the Hippos. Oh What a Picnic Spot.
So many Vehicles have stopped here for Lunch Break.
The Hippos in the Water.
Ready to start after Lunch.
After lunch we drive around and see 3 female lions we want them to get up but they don't.
The Lions which decided to take afternoon nap.
So we decide around 3.30 to return and come back to the lodge around evening. We have coffee. and relax till dinner.
Inside the Crater. We drove down here from the top.
In the Balcony of our Room.
3 comments:
The patterns on giraffe, zebra, spotted hyena are really interesting. As you mention tail of zebra has a plaited design. It is very interesting to see nature's design on animals
The patterns on giraffe, zebra, spotted hyena are really interesting. As you mention tail of zebra has a plaited design. It is very interesting to see nature's design on animals
Yes it is fascinating I would say.
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