Tanzanian safari.


Between Mwanza to Arusha

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The Serengeti. A rondavel at Seronera safari park

Serona rondavel

Large herds of gnu on migration, this area has been burned.

gnu

Giraffes are found in small groups in the grassland

giraffe

A solitary lion, the first one I saw in the wild


A pride of lions resting after a feed

pride of lions

A well camouflaged leopard, they eat and sleep in trees for protection

leopard

A lone Thompsons gazelle, this gives the idea of the extensive grasslands

thompsons

A crescent-shaped sand dune formed by a prevailing wind in the semi-desert

baachan

Oldeani Mountain on the way from Serengeti to Arusha

Oldeani mt.

Olduvai gorge, thought to be the birthplace of humans.

Olduvai gorge

The rift valley and Lake Manyara

Rift valley

On the escarpment of the rift wall.The rift valley
has formed from an enormous fault running N-S along East Africa

Mbulu

A masai village in the rift valley.
There low huts are made of cow skins and dung

masai village

Tribal masai women

masai

Ngorongoro crater.Formed from an extinct volcano
about 50 kms in diameter and the walls one km high

ngorogoro

Black rhinocerous. The animals are protected
in the crater and remain there all the time

rhino

More gnu

2 gnu

Zebra are the most common animal after gnu

2 gnu

There are a few forest elephant in the crater

elephant

A mountain near Morogoro

Morogoro

Mt Meru, avolcanic peak near Arusha

Mt Meru

Mt. Kilimanjaro 27,000 ft., permanent snow on the equator

Mt Kilimanjaro

The end of a perfect journey

Sunset

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