Jambo! My name is Patrick and I am professional Tanzanian guide with Africa Dream Safari. I am back home at our offices in Arusha now after having concluded a safari with two guests from Illinois named Terry and Kaye K. My safari with Terry and Kaye started on December 4, 2013. I picked them up at the Seronera Airstrip upon landing on the Regional Air flight. We enjoyed a total of 7 nights on safari with 2 nights at Mbuzi Mawe Tented Lodge in the Central Serengeti, 3 nights at Ndutu Lodge in the South Serengeti and 2 nights at the Crater at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. Follows are a few pictures with descriptions from the adventure!

– The early morning is the best time for wildlife viewing. Three spotted hyenas are shown down on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater scent marking their territory. Hyenas are the most abundant predator in both the Ngorongoro Crate and the nearby Serengeti.

-A lioness enjoying herself on the top of an acacia tree around the Nyasirori area of the western corridor, where parts of the great wildebeest migration was currently ranging.

-A cheetah with his kill in the Ndutu area of the South Serengeti trying to feed quickly to avoid the disturbance from hyenas, lions, jackals, vultures and other scavengers. It is very common in the Serengeti for cheetahs to quickly loose their hard earned kill to other more powerful carnivores.

-Another cheetah on the top of a termite mound on the way to Naabi hill around ‘vilima Saba’ enjoying the good scenery of the Serengeti.

-A yawning lioness on the top of a acacia tree again in the Nyasirori area around the Western Corridor.

-Vervet monkeys grooming themselves at Lake Manyara National Park.

-This leopard was approaching very close to our vehicle and everybody in the vehicle was freezing. It was a great sighting in the Seronera Valley, Central Serengeti.

Thanks,
Patrick Clement.
ADS Guide.

Good morning! This is ADS driver-guide Patrick Clement with my latest bush report. This time I had a couple from Indiana, USA named Robert and Dawn as my guests. It was a fantastic ten day safari. We began our safari on October 18, 2013 in the North Serengeti at the Mara River with 2 nights at the nearby Lemala Camp.  

We continued our safari in the Serengeti with 4 more nights split between Buffalo Camp in the Northeast Serengeti and the Four Seasons Bilila Lodge in the Central Serengeti. After departing the Serengeti, we explored the Ngoronongoro Crater area for 2 nights followed by our last 2 nights in Tarangire National Park at Kikoti Camp. Our safari concluded on October 28, 2013 when I dropped off the guests for their flight back home on KLM Airlines.

The wildebeest migration was very scattered over large areas as the weather is dry at the moment. The water level in the Mara river is low enough to enable easy crossings of the bridge, which allowed us to explore the beautiful Lamai Triangle. This area can be good for predators including lions and hyenas.

I hope you enjoy  few of my photo highlights from the safari:

A pack of hyenas at a watering hole finishing off the carcass of a wildebeest.

Here you can see a giraffe very close to the Mara River, trying to stretch his neck to reach the leaves at the top of the tree.

After crossing the river in the middle of nowhere, a male lion wandering on the grass plains of the northern side of the Mara River, North Serengeti.

A beautiful female lion joining the above male lion. My clients were so happy to see them together.

A big male hippo in the Mara River of the North Serengeti. He was opening his mouth, ready to attack another male to fight for the territory.

A black rhinoceros raising his head above the tall grass. Note the very sharp horn.

Mother and baby rhino, North Serengeti.

Two brother cheetahs at Lobo Valley in the North Serengeti enjoying the morning sun.

Here is a family of elephants drinking and wallowing in a swamp. This was taken on the eastern side of Seronera Valley in the Central Serengeti.

A large male leopard relaxing in an acacia tree. It was very early in the morning near Silale Swamp in Tarangire National Park.

Regards,
Patrick Clement
ADS Driver-Guide