4.1.2023: Second day Safari in the Serengeti.
WHole day drive, only with a short lunch break.
Yesterday evening´s hot shower had a special device: first you negotiate a time with the staff; the bucket is filled with warm water and pulled up with the rope. When it is up, the hosepipe fills with water, and inside the tent you have the shower. This is no luxury here, because you are covered with dust after driving sandy gravel roads.
Morning light on Lake Ndutu See, before sunrise.
First rays of sunshine ...
... at the restaurant ...
... and the lake.
But what´s that noise?
Balloonists on their way.
Riding over the lake.
Flamingo´s still quiet.
First birds starting to fly ...
... and when the balloon approaches ...
.. all of them are moving.
Going for breakfast.
The buffet is ready.
Cooking on demand.
Starting the journey. After a short drive, some Impala antelopes between trees.
These lions just take notice of us ...
Secretary bird. Its name comes from the feathers o the head which look like pencils behind the ears of a secretary.
Gnus
This guy is fast asleep.
He only slowly takes notice ...
... of us.
This pair is on its honeymoon.
If you only lay around, this will not get an adventure ...
Okay, then let´s go.
Nooo! Don´s run away!
Other membes of the familiy are at rest. The boss is busy.
Try it again once more?
Dinner is waiting on the hill. Who will fetch it? Th two lovers are too busy now.
These other two will take their time, but will not do the work.
Come on now. Let´s do it!
Who is disturbing us?
The Gnu´s would like to drink but don´t dare.
A buffalo on the way.
Lunch break beneath a lonesome acacia tree.
Elias is waving with his Maasai sheet.
During the break, I take interest in the flowersThis is an ""ink flower" (Cycnium tubulosum) - here in its white variant.
We discover a newborn Gnu.
It is just being recognized and greeted by the herd.
It can be maximally a few hours or days old, as the rest of its umbilical cord is hanging down from the stomach.
In he distance, hyena are waiting to get to eat the placenta. Nothing is lost in nature, says the Maasai - guide, and he is right.
On the drive back, once more in the bush, a Dikdik, the smallest and a very shy kind of gazelle.
