{"id":26725,"date":"2023-02-22T16:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=26725"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T00:54:13","slug":"its-serengeti-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2023\/02\/22\/img-news\/its-serengeti-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Serengeti Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 22, 2023-<\/p>\n<p>Phunuru reports that the Kilimanjaro team departed from Moshi this morning and headed west to Arusha.&nbsp; After some shopping and lunch, it was time to head over to the domestic airport, and load up for the 45 minute flight to Seronera.&nbsp; Upon arrival in the central Serengeti, the team were met at the bush airstrip by their safari drivers with their vehicles, ready to start looking for critters.&nbsp; Apparently they were quite abundant, and Phunuru said they saw over 25 different animal species in a few hours, including lions and elephants.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight the team is ensconced in a luxury tented camp, complete with a first class cook and camp crew and real beds under the canvas wall tents.&nbsp; The lodges are great, but there is nothing like being out on the Serengeti listening to the animals (with a camp guard nearby!).&nbsp; Tomorrow the team heads for the Ndutu area, the epicenter of the Migration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eric@mountainguides.com\">eric@mountainguides.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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