About an hour into our Ngorogoro Crater floor drive, we can across a group of male lions that ended up being quite persistent about using our vehicles for shade. Basically, every time one of our guides moved their vehicle the lions gave them a dirty look, got up and again moved back into the vehicles shade. Eventually a group of…
We’ve seen many Tanzania birds of prey on our drives, including eagles, falcons, vultures, and unclassified like the Secretary Bird. This isn’t a great shot, but it was one of the first we saw during our Ngorogoro Crater floor game drive. More to come…
One thing there’s no shortage of in Tanzania is zebras. We’ve passed hundreds of them on our game drives. The above photo was taken in the Ngorogoro Crater floor on one of our first drives. Mama is nuzzling her foal after she rolled around in the dirt (below). Baby didn’t exactly know what to make of mom rolling around, but…
The acacia tree is prevalent all over Africa with many different verities supporting the ecosystem. This picture of an Acacia Tree hosting multiple Weaver Bird nests is from the Ngorongoro Crater floor, sited during one of our first game drives. We’ve seen many of the colorful weaver birds flying around, but never at a point where our driver was stopped…
Each night at the Ngorongoro Serena Hotel, we enjoyed entertainment provided by local Maasai. This was the first night where several warriors and their women greeted us with traditional dance and songs. Later in the trip we’re visiting a Maasai village where I hope to capture some decent video of their traditions. Unfortunately the light was so dim here that…
Without a doubt, this is the season for young ones in Africa. Here are a couple of photos of baboons, monkeys and their babies taken during a very short game drive through the Lake Manyara National Park. The babies seen here are likely less than a week old.
I mentioned in an earlier post that there’s a wee bit o’ dust in Tanzania. This is a snapshot of the cloth used to quickly whip my face and forearms after a couple of hours on paved roads. After one of the game drives… well let’s just say that there isn’t much “white” left on the rags. The colloquial term…
This is a view of the walkway and huts at the Arusha Serena Hotel. The property itself wasn’t large; but they did a very nice job of taking advantage of the space and the landscaping was quite nice!
This is a layout of all the electronic/supporting gadget equipment I packed up and took on this trip plus the camera I took the photo with. I knew it would be way overkill at the time and I was right. I’ll come back and update this post after the trip to provide a more detailed breakdown of what I actually…
Near our lodge after an 8hr game drive to see the great migration in progress, we ran into a few young giraffes browsing on the acacias. If you are wondering why so few animal pictures, it is because they’re all taken with my Sony A7R3 and I simply don’t have time to sort, grade and edit them. I have over…