Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Travel Blogs

5 Day Safari
Dec 3, 2005 (17 photos)

... of one of the Kopjes rocks, it was just like out of the Lion King. The last day we left the Serengeti and headed for Ngorongoro Crater National Park. It is really a site. A huge volcanic mountain, the size of Kilanmanjaro completely blew and the whole ...

Lake Manyara
May 25, 2008 (7 photos)

... did. Once the sun set the air certainly felt much much cooler. Out came the fleece jacket for sure. Returning back to our room feeling 'stuffed' it was the perfect end to a perfect day. Now what will the Serengeti National Park spoil us with tomorrow.....?

Serengeti
May 26, 2008 (32 photos)

... confident we would. After all he had done this many times before. We left Lake Manyara and set off towards the Serengeti National Park. First though we had to drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Here there was more park fees to pay and yet ...

Safari
Mar 14, 2009 (96 photos)

... and  a Land Cruiser (with pop top) for 5 days.  We went to 3 conservation areas/national parks- Lake Manyara , Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti .  The first and last nights we stayed at the Highview Hotel- seemed like a palace to us.& ...

Day Eight
Nov 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... birds.  It was very peaceful and we enjoyed it immensely.   We landed in a field of sorts in the middle of the Serengeti - that was a little surreal as we had seen a jackal chasing a zebra (who realized he was much bigger and, in turn, started ...

The Land That Time Forgot
Nov 18, 2009 (17 photos)

... south for the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. It was absolutely lashing it down (it rains quite a lot here) when we entered the Serengeti and suddenly the landscape completely changed from the vast and barren Mara to a scene out of Jurrasic Park. All we needed ...

Day Nine
Nov 14, 2008 (5 photos)

... say relaxing, not really ever my appropriate choice of descriptor) day thus far as we traveled from our camp in the Southern Serengeti to our final nyumba, located in the North adjacent to the Kenya border.   The camp is very similar to the last, ...

Serengeti Sunrise
Aug 5, 2009 (6 photos)

... rim looking down into the crater which we were to descend into in the morning. It was cloudy and cold on the rim unlike the Serengeti plains which were hot and clear. We pitched our tents among the zebra poo as there were many many zebras grazing on the ...

Day 33 (Serengeti National Park)
Mar 4, 2008 (17 photos)

Today we started with a 06:30 game drive, a bit chilly for the first hour, then the magnificent sunrise over the Serengeti plains started to warm things up   The great find of the morning was 2 big herds of elephants, with numerous youngsters, 1 ...

Day 31 (Serengeti National Park)
Mar 2, 2008 (17 photos)

...   That's what happens you poacher arseholes, you keep going till there are none left, vast plains of grass but no rhino, STOP POACHING YOU BASTARDS   A few beers (Kilimanjaro and Serengeti), a magnificent supper, a good nights sleep...

Camping in the Wild....for real!
Sep 2, 2009 (10 photos)

... experience for me.  When I watch it on TV I feel bad for the gazelles.  Seeing it in real life, I must admit, I was cheering for the lion.  It was definitely the highlight of the Serengeti, we really got to see wild animals in action!

Hakuna Matata
Aug 31, 2009 (4 photos)

... Mara which looks like short wheat fields in Saskatchewan. For these reasons, plus its vast expansiveness, game viewing in the Serengeti is a lot more challenging. We found out later from the camp staff that the rainy season is starting in the Serengeti ...

Serengeti
Aug 1, 2007

Safari

Serengeti National Park
Aug 4, 2008 (8 photos)

... Serengeti at around 12ish and stopped for lunch.  This was the first time we had seen the sun! We were camping in the National Park, so did a game drive through to the campsite.  We were really lucky to see a Leopard asleep in the tree with it ...

Day Seven
Nov 11, 2008 (5 photos)

... life.  It is honestly hard to describe and I feel that the pictures don't really do it justice.  We drove through the Serengeti to our camp which is just outside and I was wowed once again.  Caroline had said that the camp was the bomb on ...

Heart of Africa
May 25, 2009 (10 photos)

... -driving through this picturesque paradise. In the early afternoon, we packed our things and continued west through Tanzania, to the Savannah plains of the Serengeti. We stopped by a Masaai village where I learned some more about the ancient culture. I ...

The Serengeti Safari
Jan 4, 2004

... , I was just out of it. I think I remember seeing a cheetah and a leopard in a tree, but that's about it. A crocodile maybe. I don't know. I felt bad that I had my eyes closed on our safari thruogh the Serengeti! What a loser! But I wasn't feeling well...

Serengeti Part 2
Jan 5, 2004

Woke up again, and sadly, this is where my journal ended, so this is all going to be memories from a year later. I hope I can do it...

No Fence in the Opposite Zoo
Jun 23, 2008 (5 photos)

June 22 -24, 2008   After leaving the Maasai village, we journeyed on to Serengeti National Park.  Although the mountains remained along perimeter, the savanna flattened as we entered the park. Serengeti is Maasai for endless prairie and in ...

Arusha to Serengeti National Park
Aug 18, 2008 (6 photos)

... and started the 4 hour drive to the Serengeti with our driver Small Dr Livingstone.  Once we arrived in the National Park, we saw various animals including lions, elephants, buffalo, hyenas, hippos, and monkeys. The highlight of the ...

Don't Worry, I Get Malaria All the Time
Feb 21, 2008 (19 photos)

The next three days were spent in the heart of the Serengeti.  Our base was the Serengeti Serena Lodge set atop a hill in the middle of the vast grass plains.  We went out each day on a safari and returned at night to enjoy the luxury of the ...

Day 2 Safari - Serengeti
Jul 5, 2008

... . It was a beautiful drive as we had to go through the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. When we got to the gate of the Serengeti National Park, Bakari went to go pay our Park Entry fees. It was 2 hours later before we saw him again. Luckily, I overheard ...

some great game shots from Serengeti and Ngorongor
Sep 19, 2009 (23 photos)

Day 32 (Serengeti National Park)
Mar 3, 2008 (20 photos)

... , topi, impala and hartebeest   4 of the Big 5 spotted in a morning...   Lunch and afternoon nap, the Serengeti cooks midday, we go out again at 16:30, spot multiple giraffe groups, elephant, buffalo, impala, hartebeest, nile crocodile, a ...

Day 215 - Tanzania, Serengeti - Lounging Leopard
Jun 11, 2009

... other truck. Cars were really comfy, nice to be out of the truck and split into smaller groups. 4 hour drive to Serengeti. First stop was a little town about half hour outside Ngorongoro Crater. Whilst waiting for our guide Victor to buy the card thing ...

Boot Camp Norongo Crater & Serengeti
Oct 19, 2009

It has taken us several days to pluck up the courage to tackle the Crater and the Serengeti National Parks. Both of these spots are World Heritage Sites which translates to more Tanzanian bureaucracy then either Darren or I could stomach. The list of ...

Serengeti Plains
Nov 25, 2004 (4 photos)

Last night, we went to sleep to the sounds of dragonflies humming, birds making all manner of calls, and the occasional hyena howl.  Amy and I had all of the tent flaps rolled up, and there was a wonderful warm breeze going through the tent.& ...

The search for the BIG 5 begins
Aug 5, 2009 (7 photos)

... gear and get breakfast( made in our camp) and be ready to board the smaller trucks ( max 8 people) for the trip to Serengeti National Park. We headed off about 8.30am in a truck run by Fun Safaris, there were 3 trucks and ours had 7 people in it with the ...

Day Ten
Nov 14, 2008 (5 photos)

Game drive in the morning - couldn't get across river dut to flooding.  Will update when I can... posted pics though. 

Fantastic game-viewing in Serengeti NP
Sep 13, 2006 (16 photos)

... civilised start with breakfast at 7am. We were picked up by Fun Safaris in 4x4 Land Cruisers and set off for the Serengeti National Park. Our route took us up the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, past the lovely Lake Manyara (which apparently is part ...