Thursday, 19 February 2026

Tanzania safari - Day 4- Serengeti Day 2

 The staff came around at 6:30 with a cup of tea, before a cooked to order breakfast in the dining tent.


Then we headed back out at 8am for a full day exploring the Serengeti NP

First sighting, some sparring impala


Then cape buffalo..


…with plenty of tick removal activity 

Next several lions sunning themselves on some rocks



A lilac breasted roller


A falcon


Some mud ahead - a not atypical track


A cuckoo


Hippo pool number one


Hippo tracks


Dik dik - the smallest antelope - if you can spot them


Hippo pool number two







A rock python in a tree…


…until it fell down trying to descend 


The traffic jam at the python sighting 


A mongoose


Lunch at the Serengeti picnic area


Ballooning anyone? - not us


A rock hyrax


Weaver bird nests


Skull display at the information centre. From far end, elephant, hippo, buffalo


A marabou stork


A frankolin 


Cloud building over the plains


A topi


Hartebeast


Afternoon storm cloud - we were hit by heavy rain


Small elephant herd



Early evening drinks


Later evening drinks


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