The hotel is older than the others were have stay at and the door/window screens were strangely reinforced. Seems the local monkeys will bust in and steal your stuff. Another thing to look out for. Our guides say that Amboseli has the highest number of elephants per square km in the world, and I believe … Continue reading Amboseli – Morning

In the morning we flew from the Serengeti back to Arusha. Last time we had a single 30+ person plane, but today it was three Cessna class aircraft - each of which barely sat twelve. I've never seen this type of plane as it had a "box" welded on the bottom to hold cargo. In … Continue reading Amboseli – Dry Lake

Well, almost. We were up earlier than usual today, as our guides wanted to get to a certain area for sunrise to look for specific targets. On the way we spotted some cape buffalo and distant running hyena. All a bit too far away and/or behind tall grass for a decent photo. But then the … Continue reading Serengeti – Kittens!

We left the hotel before dawn with an overarching mission - find some cheetahs. Of the big five we are still missing rhinos, but our guides assure us there are rhinos waiting for us in Kenya, which we move to in a few days. After about an hour we found one - a mother with … Continue reading Serengeti – Early Morning Cheetah

This morning we jumped on a bus to a dirt runway airport near Lake Manyara. We need a bus because our five Land Cruisers drove to the Serengeti last night - a five-hour very bumpy ride. But because we safari tourists have tender bums, we get a 30-minute flight to meet them. Yeah, I paid … Continue reading Serengeti – Arrival