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Serengeti means “endless plains” in Maasai. The Serengeti is a place where fragrant, flat grasslands continue endlessly and even time seems to stand still. One gets the feeling that everything here is as it always has been and always will be.
A variety of acacia species dot the landscape, thorny trees in which birds feel well protected. Giraffes enjoy the leaves, which they can eat without getting their tongues bloodied because their tongues are tough as the roughest grade of sandpaper.
Here and there we see kopjes – rocks that stick up like unexpected islands in the otherwise flat landscape. The rocks are useful as leopard lookouts. Furry grey hyrax are sometimes found here, too. Perfectly formed volcanoes can be seen in the distance.
We spend a couple of days driving around in the Serengeti and are rewarded by sightings of lions in trees, in the grass and on the road – all them well-filled and looking healthy. One particular pair of young male lions are still eating their dinner – a young giraffe. We are so close we can hear one of the lions crunch the bones, sometimes sticking its entire head into the giraffe carcass to munch at the tasty parts.
