Serengeti-1

Monday 5 May we finally went to the Serengeti. Yes, a lot of money but well worth it. First a long dirt road with beautiful views, back to the Crater. Then we visited a Masai village. Yes, very commercial but well arranged. Take as many pictures as you like. They told us about their culture and visited their cottage. The boys were horrified of all the flies, although inside there were hardly any. It is not difficult to understand why there are so many flies, everywhere is cow dung. Evert was invited to dance with the Masai men. He jumped very well. In the end we exchanged our football for 2 bracelets. It was a very interesting visit.
We still had a long way to go. The views were excellent and Helma was very happy to see finally a big group of giraffes, more then 20! In the Crater there were none, because no trees. We saw lots of Grant and Thomson gazelles and everywhere warthogs which made Evert very happy. it was hot and dry. After entering the park we saw our first reward; 2 adult female lions and 6 cubs. Beautiful.
The only problem in the Serengeti were the Tse-tse flies. perhaps they were attracted to our blue car. They enjoyed Helma's blood the most so she could hardly walk the next days because of the swollen feet. Never mind, we were sitting in the car anyway. Because of the low season we stayed for a good bargain in an upper class lodge: Serengeti Serena lodge and we enjoyed it!