Early Saturday morning the land cruisers pulled out of Moyo
Hill camp, packed with 30 wanafunzi whose cups of joy were overflowing with
excitement. We were on our way to Serengeti National Park, home to cheetahs,
leopards, lions and the great migration of the wildebeest. Could life get any
better? I think not.
Along the way we stopped at Olduvai Gorge. For those that
don’t know, the Olduvai Gorge is the sight of multiple findings by the Leakys
of our ancient ancestors and the oldest fossils of humans ever to be found. It
is the birthplace of the human species and was a really fascinating place
archeologically.
Around 2, we finally arrived at Serengeti. The game drive
into the park and to our campsite was epic, with the famous grass plains
unfolding us in a vast expanse that stretched uninterrupted to the horizon.
Puffy, tall clouds hung low and flat in the pure blue sky and thousands of
wildebeest and zebra grazed on the tender green shoots starting to sprout after
the first of the short rains. My mind raced as I tried to find a song worthy of
this incredible scene. I would have to go with a lyric I have found myself
using a lot on this trip.
-And at once I knew, I was not magnificent” – Bon Iver, Holocene
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