Friday 15 July 2016

Day 10: Safari (Part One)

by George Gent and Seb Berger. 

We had an early wake up courtesy of Tom Rutherford and soon boarded our safari vehicles. A 2 hour drive took us to Tarangire nature reserve where we swiftly took to the track. 

A herd of zebra let us know that we were due to see many animals, but none of us expected the sheer variety and quantity of animals. From a hugely impressive male elephant to the first leopard spotted in the park for 3 years. 

Wildebeest and lions seemed at ease with one another in the midday heat as we settled down for a lunch over a spectacular view. 

In meal entertainment was provided by velvet monkeys, who stole food and defecated on MRJ! 

Fleeing from the monkeys we rejoined the trail, to be greeted by giraffes and an unbelievable number of elephants. 

After an amazing day of safari we headed for the Masai market, where we tried our hand at bartering to varying degrees of success! 

Then a short journey to our hotel whose igloo shaped cabins were unlike anything anyone had seen before. 

After a delicious supper with musical accompaniment we all headed to bed looking forward to a great day at Ngorongoro.


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