Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Day 1 of Safari from Lobo Wildlife Lodge



Monday, 20th August 2012

We were all so tired that we crashed into sleep soon after dinner. Electricity supply was not available from midnight to about 5 in the morning. By the time we woke up at 6 am - power was already restrored for an hour and there was already enough hot water for us to have a nice warm morning shower.
 
Walking out of the room, we realised that they were so many other groups at the lodge. Rows of landrovers and landcruisers were parked in front of the lodge waiting for the guests to finish breakfast and start the morning safari of Serengeti.
 
It was a cool and sunny morning. Out of our room window, the plains of Serengeti stretched out as far as the eyes could see. To pakdokter's surprise, a wild buffalo was just below pakdokter's window grazing her breakfast of grass near the lodge. That was the first of the big 5 that pakdokter has managed to catch sight of in the safari. On the rocks on which the lodge was built, there were many rock-dassie - a rat-like animal that pakdokter had seen a lot on the top of Table Mountain in Capetown of South Africa. Huge babboons were swinging from branch to branch  on trees in the lodge compound.



 all gered up for the safari
 
 a rock-dassie
 
 the first of the big 5
 
 giant cactuses
 



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