Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

Continuing, we crossed a long, flat, treeless plain, not yet the Serengeti.
Then we reached the Serengeti, which got somewhat greener. Acacia trees.
3 giraffes
60 grant's gazelles
We passed a gate to Serengeti Park, leaving Ngorongoro reserve (pix)
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200-300 Thomson's gazelles
We drove past Thomson's gazelles and Grant's gazelles for miles.
Kori bustard, 6-8 of them. The Kori bustard is the largest flying bird, and the largest bird, after the
ostrich.
We passed a toll gate area, and paid fees (included in the tour), the Naabi Hill Gate.
6-8 zebras
4 common jackals
1 ostrich
The road now is wet; it has rained here earlier in the day.
Cape rook
The low summits here are called kopjes. Elevated areas with rounded rocks. I never got a very
good geological explanation for the origin of these formations.
2 lions seen in distance on a kopje
spotted hyena, nicely seen
many termite mounds
hartebeest
1 lion in the distance
200-300 zebras
4 ostriches
baboon on rock
100 zebras
2 bat eared foxes, well seen
2 topi
Nubian vulture, quite large and flying low.
6-7 elephants, at a distance
black backed jackal.
helmeted guinea fowl, 3 dozen in road
40-50 zebra. It is getting dark, toward sunset.
Another 40-50 guineas in the road.
6-8 wildebeest
another 200-300 zebras.