We headed to the airport to fly from the Plantation Lodge to the Southern Serengeti to spend three nights at the Ubuntu camp. Technically it is located just outside the Serengeti in the Ngorongoro Conservatory because this is where the migration is happening and you can drive off road there.
It's another tiny airport with tiny planes.
A little duct tape holding the plane together. It was actually our smoothest flight.
They have a Garmin GPS so they don't get lost. Yikes!
Where we land.
Our guide is a little late and shows up quite muddy because it rained all week adding hours to the journey from the camp. He is super nice though.
We immediately start seeing animals on the ride from the airport. He is a heron.
Gazelle
Jen liked the name of this other safari company
A lot!
Then we saw a huge male lion that just finished eating a feast.
If you lean out of the car at all the lion gives you a strange look. The guide tells us he is scared so we need to be careful not to stick our cameras out of the car or he will be scared of cars in the future.
His wife then joins him.
Yikes! Big teeth!
Marabou stork surrounded by vultures. They inflate a sack to control body temperature.
The vultures flew away as we drove up but here is the feest the lion stuffed himself on. Gross!
Vultures.
There are many bones everywhere. Elsewhere that we have been, there were few bones because the animals ate them. Here there are more because there is plenty to eat, especially with the migration.
Gazelle
Lizzard
Elephant
Baby elephant
Giraffe
Running giraffe
Our guide got out to show us a wildebeest skeleton.
Cheetahs eating an impala
We stopped for lunch. The other man is a local Masai warrior. He is also super nice.
They drove around the tree several times making sure there were no snakes or animals.
Was an armadillo hole. Now it could be a hyena or other animal's home.
Weaver bird's nest.
Wildebeest
Vultures eating a zebra that looks like it died of natural causes. They all fight each other for the food.
The planes are very very flat.
Wildebeest skeleton. There are a lot of them.
Lots of gazelles
Lots of ostriches.
A rabbit
Wildebeest. We will be seeing many more once we see the migration tomorrow.
A tiny piece of the migration.
Hyenas
Migrating wildebeests
We arrive at our tent. It is lovely.
You can see tons of animals just outside because it is on a cliff.
Where we have dinner.
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