AFRICAN SAFARI
Exploring Africa’s Serengeti
On safari in Tanzania
Africa’s Serengeti Plains
I remember first hearing the name while I watched an episode of Wild Kingdom when I was six or seven years old. I was fascinated as the most exotic animals I could imagine survived together on this great savanna grassland.
I was awed by the size of the Great Migration when millions of wildebeest migrate to the green grasslands following the rainy season where they will continue the cycle of life. It’s the largest migration of mammals on earth.
I knew that one day I would visit the Serengeti and see it for myself, not like a zoo or wildlife park. This is their home where they have lived together for thousands of years.
The names are all familiar to me now — Arusha, Lake Manyara, Masai Mara, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. I was finally going to see it all.
It only took me forty-some years to get there but I made it. It wouldn’t be around the rainy season though so I wouldn’t see the Great Migration. I was in Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and the two-day safari was…
