Life's a Stitch

(March 3, 2026)

It was a peaceful night in the tent camp, full of savannah sounds. Turn up sound.

At 3:00a.m. we heard a hyena, but that was about it in the wild animal department. We were at breakfast for sunrise. 

On Safari trips there are frequent 5:00a.m. wakeups, as that’s when the animals are active. We saw them at all times of day probably because the weather wasn’t hot. 

The morning brought us:

Topi

Male and female impala

And a sitting giraffe, a more common position in captivity, as it leaves them prone to predators.

There were interesting large rock formations dotting the landscape

It was a big day for wildebeest, who decided to migrate en masse. We read that there are 1.5million of them in Serengeti National Park and it was easy to believe. 

Zebras wanted to cross the road as well. 

There were times we couldn’t see the end of either lines of zebras or wildebeests, they were visible for miles.

We were surrounded by over 100 elephants. Watching their behaviour was so interesting. We saw the “trunk hug” in action, where older elephants lay their trunks on the backs of younger ones as an expression of comfort or affection.

This was a family hug:

We were thrilled to see a two week old calf. Our timing was wonderful in terms of seeing young ones.

The elephants were responsible for all the knocked over trees on the savannah. Want to eat leaves that are too high up? No problem, the elephant stomps and pushes the trees down for easier access.

Now it was the elephant’s turn to cross the road:

I’ll save the afternoon excitement for the next post. Again all this was prior to noon! This was not what I was expecting for a safari trip. I thought there would be long periods of searching for animal sightings, but in reality, wildlife was a constant.