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On our third day in the Masai Mara National Reserve, we arose for another sunrise game drive with breakfast scheduled upon our return. Always in need of food, I grabbed a hard-boiled egg for the 2-hour ride which could be longer if we stumbled across something cool.
GO ON SAFARI
On our second day in the Masai Mara, our wake-up call, complete with coffee delivered to our rooms, came early. It was still dark as we walked toward the jeep, thus the night watchman escorted us from our tents. I asked if he saw any wild animals overnight, and he said he chased away some elephants. Hmm, I don’t think I’d like that job. Hey enraged elephant and lurking leopard, shoo! It was hard enough to keep the monkeys from visiting our tents. More on that later.
GO ON SAFARI
So nine years ago, almost to the day, I went on a safari in Tanzania with some friends. It had always been on my bucket list, but I would never sign up to go because I was afraid it wouldn’t meet my expectations if I didn’t see everything I’d hoped to see.
Our trip included driving from Arusha to Tarangire to Manyara to Ngorongoro Crater and to the Serengeti. We literally saw just about all Africa had to offer: A cheetah kill an impala, a lion hunt, the wildebeest cross the river, the big five including the rare black rhino, and even three of the small five (which I didn’t know there was such a thing).
It was such an amazing experience that I have turned down Rootie’s invites to go on safaris ever since as I didn’t think it could be topped. Then I realized, the safari in Tanzania was my all-time favorite trip, so why not go back. And go back I did, this time to the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya with Mike, Rootie, Rozy, Jake, and Martha.
GO ON SAFARI