The road from the Ngorongoro Crater to the Serengeti is a bone jarring 100 kms or so but beautiful scenery. Here one passes the millions of wildebeest getting ready for their migration up north.
Ngorongoro to the Serengeti.
Ngorongoro to the Serengeti.
Typical savanna type scenery of the Serengeti.
Sunrise over the Serengeti.
The Nyani public camp site we stayed in.
Crocs on the famous Grumeti River which the Wildebeest have to cross during their migration north starting anytime from now.
The Grumeti River.
Giraffe.
Tsetse flies on our vehicle.
Baboons.
Serengeti around the Seronera area.
Thousands of Buffaloes.
Serengeti scenery.
Once out of the Serengeti, we camped on the shores of Lake Victoria not far from the exit of the Park. Beautiful setting but no facilities. Supposed to have but ‘she is all broken’.
After a huge African storm we had to hang everything out in the morning to dry.
So, once again it is debatable if 2 nights camping in the Serengeti was worth the $450. The facilities in the public camp site were atrocious, cold water, Muslim hole in the ground type toilet, (and we didn’t see one Muslim, just Europeans and Yanks), no washing up place for eating utensils, shit roads and Tsetse flies. They have not seen a grader for years. Also what we found frustrating is the 24 hour permits you get from time of enter. You have to be out at the same time on day of exit which is a hassle as you are not near your gate of exit. If you don’t make it, it is another couple of 100 dollars.
The South African Game Parks put the Serengeti to shame by a long way, for a fraction of the price. But the fact that we could experience the scenery and just be there I guess it was worth it.