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Tanzania: The Serengeti – Animals Galore

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Serengeti (Endless Land in Swahili) National Park was our favorite safari destination. Mostly because the quantity and variety of animals was really better than the other parks (but the Mara was close). Here we saw big herds of antelope, wildebeest, and even large groups of elephants and lions. It also looked more like National Geographic Africa. The only downside is that it’s a little more crowded and more spread out so game drives take longer. Lots of pictures!!!

Our first afternoon in Serengeti National Park. The animals are the main show but this wasn’t a bad way to start
More women carrying things on their heads!!!
Our driver Donatus (real name) looked 25 but was 43
Had to take a picture in front of NP sign
On the road to Serengeti National Park
Water buffalo
Hippos (River Horses)
Topi twins
Lions getting ready to mate. Doesn’t seem like it but that’s lion foreplay
The video was too explicit to post. Ask me and I’ll send you a link to “Lions Gone Wild”
If they smoked, they would be lighting up about now
Wildebeest on the road
Elephant not charging, just walking
Lions sleeping after feeding on Water Buffalo carcass
Maybe the most beautiful animal. This fat leopord.
My favorite picture of the whole safari
This lioness was hunting but didn’t bring down anything
The result of all that lion mating. So darn cute!!!
A tiny Dik-Dik, the size of a small dog
Cheetah stalking. Once again no luck!
Mom and baby cheetah drinking
Hyena with a wildebeest carcass running into the brush so we don’t steal his dinner
Giraffe feeding in the evening
Elephant walking past in the evening
Grant’s gazelle. A little bigger than a Thompson’s a bit smaller than an impala
Termite eating mongoose

Jose

AKA Alfred

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3 Responses

  1. Mario Z says:
    October 17, 2022 at 12:30 am

    Love it!

  2. Nani says:
    October 17, 2022 at 11:54 am

    OMG, what an adventure!! Love love all the pictures. The leopards are amazing. Do you have a 35mm with a zoom lense? How close were you to the animals? ❤️❤️

    • Jose says:
      October 17, 2022 at 6:16 pm

      Hi Nani, Glad your enjoying the pictures. I bought a 35mm with a fairly large zoom jus for the safari. It was a good investment. The leopard was very close, maybe 40 feet and a lot of the animals were right off (or on) the game road. Safari was totally worth it in our opinion. Both the animals and the people were great.