We were up early and after coffee and biscuits we set off to main camp for breakfast. It was a lovely morning walk albeit John and Alex were off like long dogs - Paul and I took in the scenery and took a few photos as we went - that did we weren't far behind.(today's photo) Once back we had breakfast, showers and packed for our trip to Kusini, near Ndutu. We had to drive to the ranger station to book out of the Ngorogoro Conservation area and into the Serengeti...

It was still raining when we awoke so we were slow to mobilise however when we did the rain was quite light. After breakfast we set off, in a refreshing light drizzle, to our next camp. We walked for about 5 hours and by the time we arrived the sun was shining. It was great to be walking and getting some exercise while taking in the natural surroundings. The highlights were:seeing a hornbill hole, where the female had been cemented in to raise her young - I put ...

We were supposed to walk to the fly camp today but because they couldn't get a ranger we had to postpone and went later in the day instead. Instead we headed off for a game drive and went to see if we could find the dogs but as we were later out they had already moved off. Consequently we headed off to a marsh area; there were lines of wildebeest heading there for water, some were crossing it and continuing west. It was an oasis, we also saw gazelles and zebras ...

We set off to find the dogs again - it's so rare to have wild dogs in the area and be able to spend quality time with them. We found them walking across the plain - even closer to camp- they were clearly in hunting mood. The first chase was led by the tan coloured female who we had named zephyr as she ran like the wind and was definitely the fastest and most determined dog. They had two failed chases - interestingly the wildebeest seemed more alert and had the y...

We are now into the routine of a pre dawn departure and headed off looking for the wild dogs. They were definitely moving towards camp; we spotted them moving across a plain towards us only about forty five minutes from camp as we were heading to where we left them last night. We stayed with them while they hunted but they were unsuccessful - we didn't think they failed - albeit we know that only 70% of wild dog hunts are successful. We wondered if their hear...