After packing and having breakfast all of us piled into the land rover. It was raining most of the ride, which was very worriesome because the government was threatening to shut down all the parks (I didn't find that out until yesterday...).
In order to get to the Serengeti, we had to pass through Ngorongoro (the famous crater). 
That's from the viewpoint looking down over the crater.
When we reached the Serengeti, 
we dropped off Paul again at the new campsite and set off on our adventure!
Right away we saw zebras and wildebeest. The wildebeest are still doing their migration so they are every where!
We saw a dead hippo...which I won't post the picture but it smelled disgusting. We also passed the water buffalo (one of the big five) and so many lions! 
I have better pictures of lions from the other days so I will post them on the other blogs.
We even saw a cheetah that first day! (Again, better pictures from the other days).
And probably the most amazing thing, considering that it was our first day in the Serengeti, we saw not just one but two leopards...Now, the reason why this is so amazing is because leopards are part of the big five and the second hardest to find (the first being a rhino). I didn't get any pictures of the leopards because they were all in the trees and the only way we could even see them was with binoculars. But trust me, we saw them and it was amazing. I am still in shock that we actually saw 2 of them the first day! (Just as a side note the big five includes: elephant, leopard, rhino, lion and buffalo).
After hours of the game drive we went back to the campsite called Tumbili, which was right in the middle of the Serengeti. As in, the animals can just come up when they want. 
There is one of the tents (the background tents are for the cooks and drivers). 
And there is the dinning area. But we were competely surrounded by the Serengeti.
After dinner Rahim, Alkarim, Zuby and I all stayed up taking. After a while Zuby went to bed. And then...the animals cane out. There was a giraffe walking around. And we started hearing growling noises. There were hyenas prowling around us. And so we all freaked out and locked ourselves in the kitchen. We probably stayed in that kitchen for an hour and a half. We would keep hearing growling noises and decide not to go back out. Walking to the bathrooms was the worst because you couldn't see anything, even with a flashlight.
Thankfully, we made it through the night and didn't get attacked by hyenas. Although the next morning all the guides and cooks were laughing at us because they could hear us freaking out in the kitchen.
Terrifying!! Jeepers!!!
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