The safari car: Land Rover
A view on the way. If you look at the picture carefully, you might be able to see some Maasai huts.
Maasai Village
We visited the little Maasai Village that Art in Tanzania has taken under its wings: they have for example built a simple school for the people living in the village in order to make it possible for them to go to school. The village's chief is a 101 year old traditional doctor, who has 31 wives. Within Maasai, it is okay to have as many wives as you afford to keep; the more goats and cows you own, the more viwes you'll probably get! Women are seen as property in Maasai culture, and they basically do everything in the village from taking care of the kids to building the huts. Here are some pictures from the village.
Jackson, the man who showed us the village with our guide. He is sitting in the classroom. The alphabet on the wall was painted by some of the previous volunteers.
One of the women. Isn't she just beautiful!
Some of the kids. Most of the kids had at least 10 flies all over their faces - I am not kidding you!
Some of their huts.
This picture was taken by the husband of the Maasai woman in the picture.
Some of their goats. Maasai people, they love their livestock.
The tree, under which they had lessons before the school was built.
View from the village.
Serengeti
The next day we drove to Serengeti and were driving around the park the whole day. We were lucky to see all the "Big Five" (lion, buffalo, leopard, elephant and rhino) and even the migration of the wildebeest. The most amazing thing to see was lions mating only about 10 meters from us! (I'll try to remember to add the video later.) We spent the night in the middle of Serengeti in a tent. Was the camping area fenced? No. Unfortunately I slept like a baby and hence have no wild stories to tell about lions roaring outside the tent. Here are some pictures from Serengeti.
Myself at the gates of Serengeti.
Serengeti seemed to be endless.
Cheetah. It had its 5 cubs with, but I was - of course - playing with my video camera, and hence have no pictures of those.
Wildebeest.
Hyena. What an ugly creature!
Blue monkey. They actually have blue balls. I saw them!
Putting up the tent.
We had some guests as we were having breakfast.
Sunrise in Serengeti.
A giraffe and I in the morning.
A hippo taking his morning mud bath.
Buffalos enjoyed mub bathing as well.
Look at the highest and biggest rock. There is something on top of it. It's the Lion King!
I just love the way trees look in Africa.
Sometimes it is really worth staring at the trees: you might spot a leopard!
Ngorongoro crater
The next pictures are taken in Ngorongoro crater, to where we drove on the third day.
The crater.
We drove into the crater. This is what the view was like there. There are some buffalos in the distance in the picture too.
This elephant had decided to give his penis an airing. :)
Zebras cuddling.
Rhino.
Lake Manyara
Lastly, pictures taken on the fourth safari day from Lake Manyara National Park. There we saw a lot of monkeys and birds to name but a few.
Antelopes.
Monkeys.
A big bird, which species I have forgotten.
No matter how excited you are about all the animals and the great views, you shouldn't forget to watch out for the branches, especially when they have big and sharp thorns. Luckily it is my scarf hanging from the tree and not my scalp!
End of story :)
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