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