Sept 19-20: Mobile Decadence in the Serengeti

Olakira Camp, in the northeast Serengeti, was our FAVORITE camp.  Somehow in all of our planning, I never realized that we would be RIGHT NEXT TO the Mara River where the Great Migration comes through.   Our tents were on the ground ~ but trust me, we were still in the lap of luxury!  The staff and service here was over-the-top!

CLICK HERE to visit the Olakira website

Actually, I feel quite blessed that Raphael even FOUND the camp.  We drove for mile upon mile of  masses of wildebeast without seeing another camp or vehicle.  Since it is a MOBILE CAMP, you can't find it on a map.  We stopped for lunch in the middle of all of the animals ...





After lunch we kept driving, and of course, Raphael found the camp.  And we were greeted with smiling faces, a wet towel, and a cocktail.  What a blessing to stay in this camp for two nights.

The most blessed, unexpected surprise, was the early rain.  Yes, the beginning of our trip was overcast, but little did we realize that it WAS RAINING in the northern Serengeti.  And when the rains come, so does The Great Migration.  WHAT A SITE!

Of course we didn't see the full onslaught of the migration, but what we saw was still incredible.  Skulls and skeletons strewn everywhere, crocodiles as long as a car laying alongside the river waiting to eat the slowest wildebeast ... many dead carcasses floating down the river, babies being separated from their mothers and crying for each other across the river ... and wildebeast as far as the eye could see.  

It is a vision of life and death that I will always remember ~

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