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Subject: [Leica] Serengeti
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:34:12 -0500
References: <53449B82.2030003@cox.net> <nr3b1n01M0AFV7C01r3c00>

Jayanand,

Thanks much for the information.  This actually looks doable.  I looked 
at one lodge there (Mara) for $700/night - about like NYC but no doubt a 
better neighborhood.

Ken

On 4/9/2014 10:03 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Tina, Bob, Ken, Howard
> Thanks for looking. Ken, if your primary objective is the wildlife, I would
> say go to Masai Mara first - you can get packages at all price ranges
> there. South Africa/Botswana are a little hyped in the sense that it is
> more hit and miss, not as bad but similar to our Indian jungles, to view
> animals in the wild. Mara in August/September is the fail safe option!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Just superb.  The Sunday NYT had an article by the Frugal Traveler about
>> going to South Africa...I'll have to study up, not this case I know.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/2014 12:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>
>>> More from our Tanzanian trip. The "endless plains" of the Central
>>> Serengeti
>>> are broken in places by lava outcrops called Kopjes, which are perfect
>>> strategic lookouts and usually populated by  prides of lions:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140311_3148.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Near Seronara, the administrative centre of the Serengeti, we chanced 
>>> upon
>>> a couple of lionesses (one of them was one-eyed) up a tree - as we
>>> photographed them, a mild dust storm came through:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140311_3133.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Nearby we spied Royalty atop a hillock:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140311_2726.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Back in Ndutu (Southern Serengeti) we saw this mother and cub:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140307_0479.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140307_0500.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Lions hate water, and these were making it very apparent in their
>>> reluctance to crossing a very shallow stream:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140313_4214.jpg.html
>>>
>>> On another game drive we chanced upon a Cheetah with two very young cubs:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140312_3914.jpg.html
>>>
>>> A couple of adult giraffes also checked them out:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140312_3939.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140312_3985.jpg.html
>>>
>>> A very healthy Spotted Hyena scavenging:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140310_1949.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Lastly, a novel way to rest - I have never seen this method before!:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/
>>> Ndutu_20140308_0880.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Please see LARGE
>>>
>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Serengeti)
In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Serengeti)