Our last day in East Africa.
I wish I had more time to explore the rest of the Serengeti, but that’ll have to wait. Work has a way of interfering with life, but at the same time, without work we wouldn’t have had this amazing opportunity to see East Africa.
Since our flight leaving Seronera wasn’t until 11AM we got to sleep in and leisurely get ready for our departure from camp @ 8AM. One party had already left, 2 others were leaving with us, and one other party was leaving in a few hours. This left the camp with 2 parties, and no one else checking in for the day. Gotta love slow season.
Goodluck ended up driving us to the airport, and on the way there we saw a serval!
This was the Serengeti’s parting gift to us. Almost like a teaser for us to stay.
The last time I was this sad leaving a place was last year in Botswana.
It was an hour flight to Arusha, and another 20 minutes to Kilimanjaro. Then it was a 6-hour lay over in Kilimanjaro. Luckily, priority pass gave us access to the VIP lounge.
This was our first year with priority pass, and I have no idea how we ever managed to travel without it. The more comfortable seats with complimentary refreshments made traveling so much more palatable.
We had a 3-hour layover in Nairobi, coinciding with dinner time.
And another 3-hour layover in Dubai, where we opted to get 2 hours of sleep before our 16-hour flight back to LAX.
I estimated that I slept a total of 4 hours during the entire 40 hours of traveling, and I didn’t feel worse for the wear.
We did crash after getting home and slept like babies until the next morning, waking up feeling refreshed and ready for work! That’s never happened!
Finally, asante sana East Africa for the amazing experience and memories. We will be back!
Entire trip tally of cats – 45 lions, 15 cheetahs, 3 leopards, 2 servals. (Botswana was 5 lions, 2 leopards)
Africa 2018 