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TRAVEL GUIDES Lemala Serengeti - 'This is my top pick, combining fantastic tented accommodations - a lovely eye for detail, both design-wise and for comfort - with luxury touches in the lounge (mini chandeliers!) and dining tents, and the best value for money'.
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'A magical camp in a natural wonderland. Thank you all.'
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LEMALA KURIA HILLS Lemala Camps proudly announce the forthcoming opening, on 15th July 2012, of our new permanent tented camp in Northern Serengeti, the ancestral home of the Kuria tribe. The camp is virtually impossible to find for those not in the know. It is necessary to drive across two secluded valleys fed by streams and punctuated by boulders together with fig and sausage trees. On the way you might spot one of the numerous leopards that prowl in the valleys. On one of our first visits here 3 years ago, James, our guide from Grumeti Expeditions, spotted four leopards within 25 minutes. Over several subsequent visits, we have continued to spot leopards regularly. The abundance of water also attracts elephant, buffalo, bushbuck, zebra, lions and, of course, the wildebeest migration. Steer the 4x4 round a few bends, then up a hillock towards a ridge and you still won't see the camp. An imposing kopje hides the camp from all. The views from the kopje extend across the tree-lined water courses below to the rolling hills of Wogakuria and the grasslands of Lamai, all the way to the Isuria Escarpment on the Tanzania/Kenya border. The sweeping vistas are simply exquisite. The location of each of the 15 luxury tents has been carefully selected after 3 years of painstaking groundwork, taking into consideration the wonderful topography, sublime views and stunning wilderness. Each tent is shaded by mature trees or framed by boulders and designed with a raised deck, plunge pool, indoor and outdoor showers and a bath with a view. Two 2-tent clusters are available for families. The largest of the kopjes on the ridge is where the common area is located, divided into public and private dining areas, sitting areas with log fires and a stunning bar on an upper deck which has arguably the best view in the whole of the Serengeti. Another kopje provides a gorgeous spot for the swimming pool, outdoor massages, barbecues and sundowners.
Kuria Hills camp is in a hauntingly beautiful part of
Serengeti, only 30 minutes from the Mara River and the Lamai triangle yet
completely concealed. Game drives, walks, bush meals, sundowners, massages,
stunning wilderness, great hospitality, luxury tents are all on offer but we
also hope to share some of the Kuria tribe's traditions with you. It is a
fascinating place to be. See you in July 2012. Wilddogs hunt at Lemala Tarangire There have been regular sightings of wilddogs around Lemala Tarangire however none as dramatic as last Monday's hunt inside the camp. Between 6.00pm and 7.00pm, guards spotted impalas suddenly burst out from under an acacia tree where they grazing on the pods. Then they saw 3 wilddogs in pursuit. The dogs managed to bring down one of the impalas a short distance from the camp and were joined by four other dogs. The impala was devoured within a very short time as Lemala guests watched in awe. The dogs stayed within the camp vicinity that night and were seen again the following morning. One would imagine the dogs are rare but on Monday morning I came across them again near the camp. I was watching a male Namaqua dove displaying to his wife and out of the corner of my eye saw two dogs walking towards me. They were only 10 meters away but disappeared quite quickly. Sadly I did not have guests today on the walk. And we are not over with the hunts. Last night at around 6.30pm, the dogs attacked and killed a male impala inside the camp. See my image taken on the iphone. It happened so quickly I had little time for the camera and I was shaking with excitement. I was sitting at the mess tent when I saw a male heartbeest running with an impala following him. I was curious to find out what was going on and suddenly I saw three wilddogs showing intent to hunt. The dogs managed to separate a male from the harem and attacked him from behind and killed him by one of the guest tents. They were the same seven dogs who hunted inside the camp last week. I decided to leave them in peace as they carried on feeding.
This season we have now had leopard, lion and wilddog hunts inside the Lemala Tarangire camp. What a fantastic season! Meanwhile, elephants, buffalo, zebra and lions continue to hang around the camp. Lemala guests have enjoyed good leopard sightings and last week a python was found coiled round a branch of an acacia tree with a full belly. Birding around Silale swamp has been excellent. Egyptian and knob-billed geese, red bellied teal, yellow billed duck, white face whistling duck, Hottentots Teal, African Jacana, open billed storks, egrets and herons, including Goliath Herons are seen on a regular basis. Great white and pink backed pelicans are periodic visitors in wet weather while Fish Eagles live and breed around the edge of the swam.
Report by Micheal Massonda
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