Safari adventures.

    

 It is so hard to describe how amazing my adventures on safari were so I am going to let the photos do the talking. They still don’t do it justice but I hope it will give you some idea of what it was like……. I’ll tell you a few stories along the way! 

We got up bright and early to start our adventures. We had all got comfortable in the van  ready for our 2 hour drive  along tarmac roads before the bumpiness began. Unfortunately only half an hour out of Mwanza there was a bang........ we had a flat. It was another day at the office for Tyson our driver so the tyre was soon changed even if he did have to use a stone as a jack ....... we supervised!

We dropped into the garage to get the spare tyre repaired

We soon left the tarmac roads and headed into the Serengeti.

This is just a small selection of the wonderful sights we saw on the first day. Yes they were that close!

On the first night we arrive at Mbalengeti Lodge to be given an upgrade to the suite. We couldn't believe we were in the middle of the Serengeti until we looked at the view out of the window!

 

This is what greeted us in the morning from the bedroom window.

The next morning after a luxurious night sleep we were ready for a new day of dust and  bumpiness! About 20 minutes into our game drive there was a smell of burning rubber and the van stopped! Our wonderful driver Tyson was also a mechanic but even he couldn't fix the starter motor so for the rest of the trip we had to push start the van. We all piled out of the van with Wildebeast, Zebra and goodness knows what else watching us to push start the van.... luckily it started!

Our van was about a metre away from this young male lion who decided to go for a wander through the vehicles.

We travelled to Ngorongoro Crater and drove down a very steep decent into it to see more breathtaking sights. (This is my flat mate Suzie)

This was our picnic sight ........ if you look very carefully you can see the hippo in the lake!

As the sun was setting we drove back up onto the crater rim back to our lodge. Just when we thought we were nearly there.......... this was blocking the road (we followed him for a good 5 minutes) until he needed a snack and we could over take!

This was our lodge for the night. Our rooms had the same stunning view.

Our last day started with a trip to a Maasi village.

There was dancing. (Unfortunately the video wouldn't upload!)

We decided we would all come and teach at their school instead.

 Then it was back to the Serengeti for the last game drive.

We were just heading home thinking that we had seen some unbelievable sights then Tyson  brakes certainly  and shouts cheetah! It was quite a long way from the road so to us it was only a dot. Tyson was determined that we would  see it more close up so he decided he would drive over the grassland off road so we could have a closer look (He is suppose to keep on the tracks!). We soon got over the shock of coming off the track when we saw the cheetah this close up. It was an amazing end to an incredible couple of days.

We thought all the fun was over but Tyson had other ideas.

You can't see them in the photo but the river was filled with crocodiles and hippos. We decided it was safe enough to cross a very old wobbly bridge and pose for a photo!

We were sure that the excitement was definitely over as we headed back onto tarmac roads to Mwanza but Oh no! There was another bang. We had got another flat so poor Tyson had to change another tyre as we sat and watched the sunset.

I think one of the strangest part of the few days was being dropped off at our flats and not having to get on a plane to get home! I still can't believe I live 2 hours away from these incredible views and amazing animals.