One year ago today: Oct 6, 2005 (Day 3 Serengeti, Tanzania)

[Note: original post from the trip is posted here]

Another day riding around the Serengeti enjoying the wildlife. The highlight was a large group of zebras, skittishly drinking at a watering hole. They would get spooked really easily every two minutes or so, resulting in lots of fun running and splashing. Here's a FilmLoop (full-screen slide show) of the very photogenic (and funny) zebras -- which I took to calling donkeys because of their resemblance and hee-hawing:

Also some nice videos from this day, starting with an adorable baby elephant:



Online video #2: Large group of hippos, wiggling their ears and such:



Online video #3: Zebras at the watering hole



In the evening, we took a night safari near Ikoma bush camp. Night safaris aren't allowed within the Serengeti National Park, so we did ours just outside the border. Animals spotted included a serval, genet, spring hare, and bushbaby. Unfortunately, no leopards. Here's a video of the very funny spring hare (it's black at first, but then the spotlight finds the hare)...



and here's an online video of the beautiful genet: