So today in Saadani, Tanzania we went on a little canoe safari at the start of the day. The creek just next to the camp here is quite small but at high tide you can take small, outrigger style dugout canoes to explore the mangroves. We saw lots of birdlife - colourful kingfishers, herons, egrets to name a few.
Then, after a great breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs and bacon, and of course fresh Kenyan coffee, we headed south into the National Park for a full day safari by boat and 4WD vehicle (we left at 1100 and got to the Wami River at about 1400).
At the river we saw loads of hippo, maybe 50 or so at various points along the river. Mostly they were in little herds of about 15 or so. We saw quite a few crocodiles basking on the river banks too. Plus lots of birds - heron, great egret, lilac breasted roller, storks of many type.... We had a packed lunch in the boat, anchored next to a group of about ten hippos.
After our river trip (about an hour) we began driving back - a different route through the park in search of animals. We saw lots of baboons and a few colobus monkeys and, quite late in the evening a herd of about 60 giraffe, gracefully making their way across a large open plain with their young. A wonderful sight for anyone. The kids just loved it and we drove back to camp satisfied after a long day of travel on bumpy African bush tracks.
Kisaki.
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