It’s dark when I rise. We head out to try and catch some of the migration across the Mara River. The landscape is dotted with horned sculls ,bones and some carcasses. Many of the bones have been picked clean and bleached bright white by the Tanzanian sun but other carcasses are only partially eaten and left to rot.Shawn says that every now and then he gets a brief whiff …
After breakfast we pile into the jeep and head for Lake Manyara National Park. The first thing we see are blue monkeys hanging around the front gate. Throughout the day we see the usual elephants, giraffes, zebras,dikdik, Impala, Buffaloes,waterbuck, baboons and both velvet and blue monkeys. We also see a female brown Agama Lizard, and striped mongoose Lake Manyara is also known for its birds. We see hornbills, king …
We sleep well. I wake up and have a cold shower. It’s only after I come out of the washroom that Shawn tells me I need to turn on the hot water switch before I shower….hmmmm. We have a breakfast of fresh bananas, homemade pineapple juice, bread, crepes, eggs and tea. We meet our guide, Chochi, put some of our luggage into the jeep, ( the rest we leave …
For the first time since the day after the gorge hike, my thigh muscles are not hurting…I used muscles on that hike that I didn’t even know I had. The numerous red dots on my legs are still as vibrant as they were two days ago. The Breakfast buffet at the Aviator Hotel is substantial…with lots of meat but also lots of fruit. Cameron put our bug spray and …