In June of 2003, my daughter and I spent about three weeks in northern Tanzania. It was a camping safari and we traveled with four other tourists and our guide and crew. We started in Arusha and visited Tarangire NP, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai George and the Serengeti NP. Along the way we visited native villages and other points of interest. The roads were very rough, and I had cracked some ribs just days before we left for Africa, so we were often pretty beat-up and tired at night, But I would not have traded the
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Arusha We flew into Kilimanjoro Airport, at about 11:00 P.M. and then spent...
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Bathroom We had a little problem with the shower, until we learned you have to...
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Beds were good . There was mosquito netting but we never needed it. In fact on the...
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Arusha National Park Very beautiful area. When the volcanos, in background, erupted they sent long...
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Flamingos The lakes have flocks of Flamingos and it looks like a pink carpet...
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Flamingos
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Cape Buffalo These large animals live in herds that may range into the hundreds of...
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Giraffe This is a Masai Giraffe, as you can tell from the spotting pattern,...
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Giraffe herd
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Common Waterbuck The "common" water buck has that distinctive white circle on its'...
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Baboon This was merely the first baboon we saw. I have seen thousands since,...
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Our camp near Tarangire National Park This was a camping safari and we spent most of the next three weeks in these...
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Camp near Tarangire NP The shelter was for cooking and eating. The truck was our home. We...
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Long-drop, or squat, toilet. This was typical of our facilities for the safari. Here there was a bucket of...
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View from hill near Tarangire NP You can see some scattered villages and something of the landscape. The only...
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Closer view of pond This was the source of drinking and cooking water for the local...
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Tarangire National Park This park had permanent water and at this time of year, June, the...
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Elephants at water. Elephants were the most common animal in the park. We saw many groups...
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Elephant herd This was a typical breeding herd. Led by the oldest cow, it was...
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Elephant This cow was not too concerned about our approach. She did not have a...
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Elephant cow and calf. This little guy was curious and keep trying to come over and have a...
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Elephants feeding Elephants feed on grasses and browse. They even push over treea and eat the...
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Lion We came upon this male just at dusk. He was in the grass just a few...
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Male Lion The guide said that it is uncommon to see lions in this area and that...
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Common Waterbuck females. The "common" waterbuck is distingished by the white circle on the rump.
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