Submitted by SafariADV on Sat, 2018-02-17
Leaving the Tarangire National Park we head towards our lodge, that is about ten minutes; we are curious to see with our eyes the damage of the fire occurred this morning, the hope is that the damage is minimal, but the roof in makuti, that is made with palm fronds, is easily flammable unfortunately.
When we arrive we are shocked: the central part of the lodge is gone, there is only the concrete base, while the four wooden and makuti areas are burned completely, the wooden columns, that were all carved, are still burning, what a crazy disaster.
The rooms, that are tents positioned on wooden platforms, instead are in perfect condition and then we stay here to sleep tonight, while for dinner, they take us to a nearby lodge, the Okupuko Lodge, that kindly hosts us; we go there by car with Safe and Fredrick.
The dining room of this lodge is built on the river and has an exceptional view on the savannah, at least so they tell us, now it's too dark to see it, but tomorrow morning we still come here for breakfast and, with the light, we will be able to admire the landscape.
After dinner we return to our lodge, with the dark the columns that burn have an almost ghostly appearance.
We go to our room and relax a bit and then sleep, we are tired and tomorrow morning we have to wake up at dawn.
Lala Salama!
