We again had hyena sniffing around our tent during the night. After packing up camp, were on the road by 6:45. On the way out we saw the standard herds of Thompson’s gazelle and hyena. We also saw buffalo, elephant and lion – a male sitting in the middle of the road with 2 females and 2 cubs further along; he didn’t appear to be part of the pride and clearly distressed the females, who were roaring at him.
The trip from Serengeti to Ngorongoro was more manageable in the cool of the morning and one could never get tired of the rain forest area of the crater.
Add to Bucket List:
Visit Ngorongoro & Serengeti:
- · Take kids
- · Do if out of season for at least 10 days
- · Fly in
- · Stay in lodges
- · Take hot air balloon ride
- · Win the lottery
We were back at Kudu Lodge at 11:00, this is a good starting point to stay at as an entry point into the park and they organise Safaris. We unpacked, repacked, hitched up the trailer and headed off the Protea Hotel in Arusha (Gray’s idea). It appears Camel Man has had enough of roughing it and needs some home comforts – next he will be heading off to the spa for a pedicure.
Kirsty reckons if we are so excited to be staying in a Protea Hotel, we must be pretty desperate. The hotel is at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro, we still haven’t seen it because it’s shrouded in cloud. Gray’s favourite ad here is “Kilimanjaro, if you can’t climb it, drink it”.
I have to get up at 5:00 tomorrow in order to be at Kilimanjaro Airport at 6:30. From there, I fly to Dar and catch a connecting flight into O.R.Tambo – touchdown e.t.a. is 6:15. One long day of flying but to see the kids, my new nephew and my friends, it will be worth it. Due to connecting flight times, I will be arriving home 2 days earlier than originally planned.
Gray and I have survived our time alone without any domestics and we may even manage empty nest syndrome one day – not too soon I hope.
Okay Pan! Over to you! Can't wait to catch up with Mel!
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