The jeeps came to collect us from snake park and we set off for our 2 night/3 day excursion to the Serengeti National Park . Best game viewing on the trip so far, we saw all the big 5 and many more. Highlights were the cheater kill, pack of lions sleeping and seeing another leopard because they're just so cool.
First night we slept in the Serengeti, we were served good food and didn't even have to wash up! Later on we sat around the camp fire looking up at the stars and listening to lions and hyenas in the background, apparently they were about 1km way but they sounded a lot closer. We were advised not to venture to the toilet in the night as we could find a lion outside the tent, scary!
More games dives the next day, loving cruising around in the 4x4's spotting wildlife. That night we stayed in the Ngorongoro Crater, 200 meters above sea level and was cold! I hadn't showered yet so decided I had to and heard there was hot water - but I didn't get any, so cold! Sat very close to the fire to warm up and dry my hair. We were told that the animals came very close to the camp but I didn't realise how close and soon enough the were Zebra and huge Buffalo grazing 10 meters away. Then I noticed the park guard standing near us with and AK45, not sure if this made me feel more or less reassured. A few of us stayed up until late watching them as they got very close to the tents, the guard scared them away at this point but when I eventually went to bed one came very close to my tent and was grazing only a few inches from my head, the noise they make is very loud, my heart was beating very fast at this point!
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