Today was our last day in the River Tree Lodge. Even though our wake up call was 7am, I woke up again to the call to Worship. I listened to the whole thing because I know I would not be able to go back to sleep. The call to worship was mostly like one person singing, but it sounded like chanting to me. We had breakfast at 7:30am and packed up ready to leave at 8:30.
Today we drove 2 and1/2 hours to the Tarangire National Park. This park was nothing like yesterday’s safari. It was completely open (no fences). The Land was very dry and a whole lot less forested. I was definitely a lot more prepared today for the safari than yesterday. Today I rode with Brooke, Mi’chel, Christina and Nicole. Our sighting today consisted of Giraffe, Waterbuck, Impala, Zebra, Elephant, Baboon, Blue Balled Monkey, Lovebirds, Eagle, Helmeted Guinea Foul, Red Billed Hornbill, Golden Weaver, Superb Starling, Ostrich, Suricates, Mongoose, Hyrax, Wildebeest, and Dik Dik. Today was again a full day. In the Park there are 300 different types of birds. Today’s highlight was having the Elephants just 15 feet in front of us, seeing all the birds and being chased by Baboons. The scariest thing that happened was having 10 Baboons run by me trying to take our food. I have never so close to such a fierce monkey before. It was exciting but scary for a minute. I have learned so much about my camera and about what to take notice of when shooting wildlife. Today was a blast! I had so much fun taking pictures with Christina and Mi’chel. They never stopped cracking me up. The sun today was extra bright. I could feel the heat piercing my skin, which is why I got so burned. Today alone was worth every penny I spent on this trip. The landscape views we saw were breathtaking and the trees were so beautiful. The Upside-down tree is probably the biggest tree I have ever seen. They were at least 10-15 feet in diameter. The phrase we learned today and used nonstop was Simama, which means stop. Elisa told us to tell him that whenever we wanted to stop. We took full advantage of that. After the safari we drove 20 minutes down the rode to the Tangangika Wilderness Camps. On the way there we saw the prettiest sunset. I cannot put words on how beautiful it was. We arrived at the camps around seven. The cabins look like regular huts, like you would see in Tanzania but inside there is a big tent that covers the whole hut. The tents seem a lot nicer and are a lot bigger. The power is by solar panels. Just to paint a picture of how out in the bush this camp is, directly behind the huts are Zebra, Hyenas, and Wildebeest roaming the land. To top the day and night off… When you look up at the sky all you see are billions of stars. I definitely do not see this clear a sky in Jackson. What a day! I think I will pack up because I just heard a Zebra by my porch. Got to go check it out. Quote of the Day – (Meryl) “ Di to the O” Ditto
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