Soon after we left John and Endallah behind us, we were on our way back to Karatu for another bicycle ride – the one that we were supposed to have on the first day. Renatus, who we’d already met that first night, would be our guide. A relaxing three hour bicycle ride – on much […]

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And I thought Swahili was hard! We’ve just spent the past two-ish days hiking the farmland and small village of Endallah, south of Karatu, and home of the Iraqw tribe. If you had told me I’d be sitting down and eat dinner with a group of Iraqis (it’s how they pronounce their tribe’s name) I’d […]

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Today’s highlight occurred right after we broke camp this morning. We were retracing our drive all the way back to Karatu, our starting point where we met John Mahu, right before Ngorogoro. On our road back to the main gate – still in the Serengeti – we suddenly found a lone male lion crouched in […]

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Animals seen (new in bold)  The now typical combined herds of gnu, far less zebra though with them A few dozen scattered herds of Thomson Gazelle  Two or three dozen elephants, including four babies born in the past month or two A family of a couple dozen banded mongoose 14 Topi antelopes in a family […]

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Animals seen (new in bold): At least 5 thousand gnu, running through a river valley with At least a thousand zebra, including adorable brown-striped baby zeebs A few hundred more Thomson gazelle, mostly at a distance though vs yesterday A hundred or so “Superb Starlings” with glorious iridescent plumage A couple dozen Masaai giraffe A […]

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Animals seen: Massive herds of wildebeest/gnu Almost as massive herds of zebra  Fairly large groups of Cape Buffalo  Scattered groupings of Thomson gazelle A dozen or so warthogs and their adorable pint sized piglets Two troops of baboons 11 hippopotamus (hippopotamuses?hippopotami?)  5 lions (one male)  3 elephants  2 cokes hartebeest  One Grant gazelle hiding out […]

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