Safari – Day 1- Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Early wake up today to head to Arusha to catch a puddle jumper to the Serengeti (‘endless plain’).

We found out that unfortunately we aren’t spending any time in a tented camp but instead will be staying in all lodges. Not what we expected or hoped for but hakuna matata. No worries…

Our little 10 person plane landed in the Serengeti around 2pm and we started our game drive toward the lodge.

In the 50 km drive from the grass airstrip to the Serengeti Sopa Lodge where we are staying we saw:

1) Giraffe (one pic coming up Carol)
2) Antelope
3) Elephant
4) Crocodile
5) Cape Buffalo
6) a Lion’s tail (it was in a tree and that’s all we could make out)
7) Dik Dik (that name never gets old)
8) Leopard
9) Guinea Fowl
10) Maribu Stork
11) Egyptian Geese
12) Lilac Breasted Rolac
13) Wart Hog
14) Topi
15) Impala
16) Baboon
17) Water Buck
18) Heron
19) Sausage Tree (sure it’s plant life but a tree that grows sausage-like fruits deserves to make the list)

Tomorrow we get another early start to get to the Ngorongoro crater and we are hopefully visiting a Masai village.