Tuesday, May 25, 2010

3 Days at Serengeti Under Canvas


Sunrise From the camp looking towards the Maasai Hills








Jackson enjoying his morning bush breakfast








Jackson having a cup of "coffee"







Bush Breakfast - eggs, bacon, sausage, chapatis and oh yes cereal, yoghurt & fruit
















Following Dad


Kittlitz's Plover


Checking out the Maasai paintings




Showing Jackson the White-rumped Swifts nesting in the cave


Not quite Bushman paintings - check out the shields and bicycles


In the middle of the migration





MacDonalds - fast food for those on the run



A female Von der Dicken's hornbill having a juicy breakfast


Grey-crested Helmet-shrike








White-bellied Bustard








A lone wildebeest calf lost in the confusion


A sequence of photos where a pair of Secretary Birds were building a nest and dancing in appreciation of each other - it was truly amazing.






















































Tiff trying to take photos of me with my Dovvie outfit on - I look like a spaz I know, but all my clothes were in the laundry. She finally got full frontal after hours of persistance and the ranger Mohammed thinking we were a bunch of twits.


Busted!







A lot of the Zebra have already made it to Kleins, and we hear them calling every night now along with the lions which have come back















The wildebeest run in a long line before settling down to feed for a few hours before heading off again in all directions. Here you can see a herd running in an S-shape to where they have stopped and are now feeding in the top of the picture








There were only 11 cars at this sighting - I will still put a video of it on the blog







A lone lioness escaping the sun and the flies






His, hers and his








A series of photos of Jackson playing soccer in the Serengeti and achieving his first sports injury, which involved some tears for a few minutes before carrying on
















Jackson's first Sports injury - A head rostie



Eating through the pain

Jackson blowing us a kiss


All finished now!!

Our verandah


The lounge with bar and safari shop incorporated