Tanzania

12/28/2012

A 2-week safari in the wilds of Tanzania

 

 

This trip - Us and: Terri and Steve

Of course we saw "The Big Five'"

(By the way, ALL these pictures were taken by US!)

People pix are at the bottom

 

#1 of the Big Five   -   LION
#2 of the Big Five   -   ELEPHANT
#3 of the Big Five   -   CAPE BUFFALO
#4 of the Big Five   -   LEOPARD
#5 of the Big Five   -   Rhino

But we also saw EVERY other kind of animal you could imagine!
(I may miss a few names on the birds)
Very rare 5-legged Zebra
Army Ants - on the move
Baboons
Bat-Eared Fox
Blue Balled Monkey
Camels
Cheetah
Colobus Monkey
Crocodile
Dik-Dik
Dung Beetle
Giraffe
Grants Gazelle
Hartbeeste
Hippo
Hyena
Jackal
Blue Lizard
Mongeese
Monitor Lizard
Thompsons Gazelle
Turtle
Vervet Monkey
Warthog
Wildebeeste
Termites
Now for theBirds
Cormorant
Crown Crane
Flamingos
Guinea Fowl
Love Birds
Maribou Stork
Ostrich
Secretary Bird
Tawney Eagle
White Headed Vulture
There were also some insects
Praying Mantis
Mosquito
Scorpion
And, of course, people!
Maasai children (note the flies)
I traded this knife for dancing (jumping) lessons!
These guys are painted this way to commemorate having just been circumcised and are now considered warriors
   
This gigantic tree may be 1000 years old
Maasai beauties
Lion cubs with their "nanny"
Hippos fighting
Elephant family
Us and our truck
Beautiful Sky
Beautiful Sky