September 9, 2022

Serengeti National Park

We started from Ngorongoro farm house. We went to through the same route as Ngorongoro Crater that we went yesterday for some part. Then we took a turn towards Serengeti national park. We packed our lunch and started the trip.

We booked the Ole Serai Camp in Kogatende in Northern Serengeti because this is where the crossing of the heard will be there during July for Great Migration. Seronera is also a good place to stay. Seronera also has air strip.

Seven hours in a car is a long time. All of our luggage was tucked in and we went through the large Serengeti national park to our camp. We drove for a long time and we reached a break with good bathrooms.

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* Ngorongoro Farm House, Oldeani Road, Karatu, Tanzania
* Olduwai Gorge, Tanzania
* Naabi Hill Gate, 5X9W+5XJ, Eden Valley, Tanzania
* Ikoma Gate Camping, RP5F+M9H, Robanda, Tanzania
* Tabora ‘B’ Village, Tanzania
* Ole Serai Luxury Camps – Kogatende, Serengeti National Park Serengeti Head Office: Wellworth Collection, Box 361 DSM Tanzania Serengeti National Park TZ, 0361, Tanzania

First stop is Olduwai Gorge . There were well maintained rest rooms in this stop. If you have time, you can visit the museum.

Serengeti National Park…Stop for picture.

Grasslands of the Serengeti may be Tanzania’s most iconic destination. Only place in Africa where there is still migration of animals takes place. It is best known for its huge herds of plains animals (especially gnu [wildebeests], gazelles, and zebras), and it is the only place in Africa where vast land-animal migrations still take place.
In a nutshell, Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is famous for being the location of the Great Wildlife Migration, which sees two million wildebeests, zebras and antelopes stretched across its plains. It’s also an extremely large and wild game park, and is home to the Big Five.

Naabi Hill Gate, Seems like every vehicle and guests have to register. They have to show the accommodation as well. Very nice picnic area and rest rooms. Surprisingly there are good rest room stop on the way.

Our driver spotted the Cheetah right next to the road. It is so hard to It was camouflaged and we might not be able to find it.

First one of Big Five is elephant in Serengeti. We did see Elephants in Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro. But here lot of Elephants were having baby elephants with them. They were very protective. Baby elephants were right behind moms/dads. These elephants blocked the path and we had to take different route to go pass them.

Game drives are fun.. we go around in the national park looking for different animals. Our driver/guide was very active and he was taking us to right spots.

Next stop we spotted Lions. It is hot and lions were sleeping. I got to take real good pictures.

We missed the Tree Lions in Lake Manyara, but found couple of them in Serengeti. Interesting to see the Lions on the tree.

Impala, Waterbuck and Topi. These are every where.

Found Giraffe multiple times…

Wildebeest and Zebras together…

This is the Hippo spot in the Serengeti. It was smelling bad as one Hippo was dead in there.

Finally reached the Camp Ole Serai Luxury Camps – Kogatende. We were welcomed with Maasai people singing and dancing. Right after entering inside there were Zebras roaming next to the rooms. Beautiful Luxurious place in the middle of nowhere.

Free African massage all along the ride today in Serengeti.