Magical, Mystical Serengeti - Tanzania

The Absolute Safari - August 2023

"If I've ever seen magic, it's been in Africa" Ernest Hemingway

During the incredibly long truck trip, we entertained ourselves with board games, listening to music, keeping the roof from not falling down on the bumpy road and killing tsetse flies. Finally, there it was, the gate into Serengeti National Park. The park is home to a variety of fauna and flora including the big five. https://www.serengetiparktanzania.com/

Hours went by, as day turned into dusk into night. We finally made it into camp, an unfenced campground utilized by many overland truck companies.

Up early the next morning for a full day game drive, we witnessed another magical Serengeti sunrise. Would this be the day we find the last remaining big five animal......the elusive leopard. We witnessed lions cooling under an acacia tree, elephants, zebras and numerous herding animals. Then there, it was, the call we were waiting for; leopards were spotted in a tree by the roadside. The jeep engines gunned, and we raced to the gps coordinates. Views were cut off by the branches and heavy brush, but it didn't matter.

It was getting late and we still some driving to do to get to the next campsite at the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater.