Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, Thanks much for the information. This actually looks doable. I looked at one lodge there (Mara) for $700/night - about like NYC but no doubt a better neighborhood. Ken On 4/9/2014 10:03 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Tina, Bob, Ken, Howard > Thanks for looking. Ken, if your primary objective is the wildlife, I would > say go to Masai Mara first - you can get packages at all price ranges > there. South Africa/Botswana are a little hyped in the sense that it is > more hit and miss, not as bad but similar to our Indian jungles, to view > animals in the wild. Mara in August/September is the fail safe option! > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> Just superb. The Sunday NYT had an article by the Frugal Traveler about >> going to South Africa...I'll have to study up, not this case I know. >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> On 4/8/2014 12:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> More from our Tanzanian trip. The "endless plains" of the Central >>> Serengeti >>> are broken in places by lava outcrops called Kopjes, which are perfect >>> strategic lookouts and usually populated by prides of lions: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140311_3148.jpg.html >>> >>> Near Seronara, the administrative centre of the Serengeti, we chanced >>> upon >>> a couple of lionesses (one of them was one-eyed) up a tree - as we >>> photographed them, a mild dust storm came through: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140311_3133.jpg.html >>> >>> Nearby we spied Royalty atop a hillock: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140311_2726.jpg.html >>> >>> Back in Ndutu (Southern Serengeti) we saw this mother and cub: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140307_0479.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140307_0500.jpg.html >>> >>> Lions hate water, and these were making it very apparent in their >>> reluctance to crossing a very shallow stream: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140313_4214.jpg.html >>> >>> On another game drive we chanced upon a Cheetah with two very young cubs: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140312_3914.jpg.html >>> >>> A couple of adult giraffes also checked them out: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140312_3939.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140312_3985.jpg.html >>> >>> A very healthy Spotted Hyena scavenging: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140310_1949.jpg.html >>> >>> Lastly, a novel way to rest - I have never seen this method before!: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/ >>> Ndutu_20140308_0880.jpg.html >>> >>> Please see LARGE >>> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information