Sunday, November 27, 2016

Last Day in Serengeti

I had to pee four times last night. It made me mad.

Today was a pretty relaxed day. We have seen pretty much everything in the first two days (which is quite unusual), so today was just going to be a slow day.

After breakfast, around 10:00am we headed out on another game drive and got two more surprises. We headed out to less popular roads again, staying away from the crowds trying to see the lions and giraffes. So in addition to seeing more of the "typical" animals we've already seen, we got to witness a cerval cat up close. It's a small cat, a bit larger than a large house cat. He was hunting for mice and similar creatures along the side of the road. We also got to witness a jackal chasing a hyena. Jackals are quite small, less than half the size of a hyena, but the the jackal probably had a den with babies nearby, and was trying to keep the hyena away from her babies. It was pretty neat to see this tiny dog take on the large dog and win.

We also headed to the visitors centre, which is quite nice. When you arrive, you are taken on a tour by a guide of the visitors centre, and you're expected to tip the guide afterwards. I was a bit miffed that our guide didn't tell us that before we went there. Anyway, whatever.

We headed back to the camp for lunch.


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