Safari!!! Serengeti for the second day

February 6

We had a really interesting first night in camp. We barely slept. We have no pictures or proof, but we were kept up all night by animals walking through camp. We know there were hyenas because they were loud. But we’re also pretty sure that Cape buffalo were walking through camp and they spent a good deal of time hitting up against our tent and breathing heavily. It’s the kind of scared like when you’re a child and you don’t want to get out of bed because the monster in your closet is going to get you. If we just stay in bed and don’t move, maybe it will go away. So many times that night I wanted to get out of bed and look out the window, but I was too scared. Ha. So no proof, but the guys at camp confirmed that buffalo were wandering around, so we think that was it.

So, other than nearly being eaten by salty buffalo, it was a great night. Maybe it was this guy:

We got up pretty early again and headed up for our second day in the Serengeti. The first thing we saw were some Topi which you know are Topi because of the dark marks on their rumps. They are migratory species.

Eagle – possibly a brown snake eagle

This colorful bird is a lilac roller

So apparently any time there is a male elephant by himself, he has left his family to go find a mate. Once he finds a mate he’ll join her family or start a new one.