So, I've left Ngorogoro and am back in Dar overnight before heading to Botswana. Yesterdays game drive was amazing (I need a new word lol) - had really close up visits from a hyena and then two big male lions decided to relax beside the road, drinking from the pools of water - was total bliss. I wasn't a huge fan of the lodge, it was pretty and the views were spectacular, but it didn't have the Africa feel. There were no buffalo munching outside my tent, no m...

JAMBO! Checking in from Ngorogoro after spending 3 days in the Serengeti. The lodge I'm staying in is perched on the cliffs of the Ngorogoro Crater and I have the most wonderful views from my room. I've seen so many wonderful sights and was actually lucky enough to have a female leopard walk right by my jeep. She was stunning and so blase about our presence. There have been so many happy tear moments (and moments where I have to remind myself not to rea...

Hi everyone! Finally managed to get wifi!! Am having the most amazing time. Went on my first game drive this afternoon. Was fudding awesome! I nearly burst into tears though. Marco told me to close my eyes - when I opened them a pride of lions was to my left - 14 kitties!!! 4 lionesses, two sub adult males and cubs of various sizes - iddy biddy gorgeous bubba kitties!! Elephants were everywhere!! I have some awesome shots of the bubbas. Also saw loads of zeb...