Just remembered an important final story told to me by King, the sharp and talented manager at Olenana Tent Camp, our last and most elegant stop. He had a group of relatively elderly Americans come through, very well-prepared with their new iPhones with video capability, etc, etc. They were taken to a local Maasai Read More …
Feb 18 8 am start. Brown capped swallow. Lesser striped swallow. New one: Cape buffalo. Warthogs , topi, impala and we’re not to the main gates of the park yet. Clear sunny day, no wind, what the animals like. While driving en route, I might as well tell you one more honey badger Read More …
Just finished a Tusker beer at an extraordinary lunch in Olenana camp. Some camp. Watching the hippos and thinking about where to start with the night and day stories. May go to the tent where the veranda has a bed!! And overlooks a separate hippo pool on the river, completely secluded, as well as Read More …
bush tv, lemala tent camp Feb 16, Saturday Leaving Serengeti today for Masai Mara. Last night the bush TV was bizarre. Group of five from Malaysia/Singapore wealth management and finace and international law. Two of them finished Kilimanjaro hike yesterday. Seven days. Last day 40 below 0. Young couple. Ian and Ruby. Read More …
The guys at the camp being raided by the honey badger had to do something. One ran over it with a range rover, but it curled up in a ball and ran away unharmed, and returned to raid the supplies. The seven camp staff decided to beat it to death with some clubs, and Read More …
Feb 15. 0:600 am. 06:55 first edge of sun. Got up at 03:45 and went out to hang out with the Maasai sentries and hear some sounds. No one around and only bird sounds. Head to mess tent to check on chargers of i pad/phones. Sentries in the couches snoring and mumbling in Read More …
Two months in bush, two weeks out for staff here at Lemala. Lots of lions roaring all night. Coffee in bed at 06:00, breakfast 06:30, in truck at 07:00. Pick fire ant off Bev’s thigh. Giraffe at peak of hill 300 yards left. Two white browed coucalls mating on Valentine’s Day. Happy, happy. Read More …
Arrived by bush plane to Serengeti National Park. As promised, a land cruiser with “Lemala Tent Camp ” on it was waiting, and Peter our new guide. Peter’s plan was to take a slow game drive back to the camp, where lunch would be waiting for us. Sounded fine. It was 11 am, Read More …
It’s time to reflect on differences noted and not anticipated on our trip, since they might not be remembered or mentioned to you all again. I’m writing on the bush plane and we just flew over the crater. Just checked out of Kitela lodge. Bill was 8 dollars because we had 8 pieces of Read More …
Leaving Kitela lodge for the Serengeti park this am by bush plane. Staying at Lemala tented camp. All meals, alcohol, laundry, and game drives included. Maramboi camp notable for vast plains off the deck, zebras galloping past tent at 6 am, aggressive starlings and bees at breakfast, warthogs wallowing in mud a few yards Read More …