Safari

(link to Kilimanjaro climb)

Louise and I spent three nights at the Grumeti River Lodge, located on a tributary of the Grumeti River in the Serengeti. While at Grumeti, we took a day-long game drive to Seronera to witness the migration of the wildebeest and zebra. The migration occurs every year as over one million animals move from the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya, south through the Serengeti and back to Masai in search of food and water. We also saw many other animals, such as lion, crocodile, hippos, monkeys, impala, gazelles, buffalo, and birds. Louise and I took hundreds of pictures while at Grumeti; here are a few of the best. (click on photo for larger view).

We depart Arusha Coffee Lodge, June 8	Arusha departure lounge	Arusha airport	Landing at Grumeti, twin otter plane.
Grumeti international airfield	Grumeti lodge	Our tent	Grumeti River
Storks at Grumeti River	Stork	Hippos in Grumeti River	Our 1st lion sighting
Returning from game drive	Sunset over the Serengeti plains	My birthday dinner	Tea time with Vitalis, our driver
Lunch at the lodge	Haute cuisine	Grumeti lodge	Grumeti lodge
Thompson's gazelles	Lioness in heat	Lion in pursuit	Lion moving kill
Lioness and cubs	Lionesses in road	Male giraffe	Serengeti plains
Migration of wildebeest	Wildebeest	More of the 1 million migrating wildebeest	Wildebeest and zebra
Watering hole	Wasiri, our butler, preparing sundowners	Henk's harem	Leaving Grumeti airfield, June 11