[Fredslist] Safari stories.

[Kelly Welles]

One of the highlights of my life when I was in 1984 when on a humanitarian mission for the UN to East Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia and Somalia (Zanzibar). I arrange for a safari while in Nairobi, Kenya to the Masai Mara region 
(southern Kenya, northern Serengetti). I got the last tent available at Governor's Camp. I was single then. 
travelling with two married couples. I got the last tent available with one caveat: a hippopatamus would awaken 
me every morning at 5 AM, grazing two feet from where I was sleeping (his morning ritual); and a mother elephant frequently nibbled on and shook the tree to which my tent was attached. I was warned. A little scary but I was told 
as long as I didn't panic or yell, my new friends would behave themselves. They did or I wouldn't be telling you this
story!
 
If you can arrange your trip at a certain time in either the spring or the fall (I went in October), you will catch the
migration south (or north in the spring) of the wildebeast with clusters of zebra traveling at their side for safety. 
This is an extraordinary phenomenon to witness since, by instinct, these animals line up for as far as the eye can see and every 15 minutes or so, they break and their leaders huddle, then shift direction slightly and the stampede continues. Miles and miles of wildebeast in a single line.
 
Therre are many other wonders to behold - rhinoceros, giraffe, animal skeletons in trees (lugged up by jaguars); lion
kills, a mongoose running away with your pith helmet. Extraordinary. Very different from more manicured safar camps
where one's tent is like a treehouse and animals are watched from that vantage. I understand not everyone wants
a hippopatamus outside their bedroom!
 
Kelly Welles
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From: Vikram Rajan <vik at phoneBlogger.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:38 AM
Subject: [Fredslist] Safari



Has anybody done an African safari?  
I would love to hear about your itinerary and how you arranged it.


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