Tarangire
- October 2003
In association with -
Natural
History Photography
After Kilimanjaro, Tarangire Game Park was a brilliant place to unwind and get some breath back.
The Treetops Lodge, in the conservation area, is really great - with bush walks, night drives and game drives (oh yes and a bit of pool!).
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| Home - a personal chalet in a baobab tree. 200m from the nearest 'neighbour', they managed to supply power (6 hours a day) and running water. It was even hot, with notice.... | A room with a view - open plan bedroon. | Breakfast in the bush - Alfonce, my guide, and an empty game park. |
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Baobab tree - a local speciality (see chalet above!) |
Tarangire River - still running at the end of the dry season. | A variety of mammals are drawn here.. |
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| Zebra and baobab.. | Zebra at the river. | Maasai giraffe... |
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| Olive baboon. | Vervet monkey on the lookout for food. | Vervet. |
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| Elephant are a feature of Tarangire. They are here in large numbers (see herd below). They are also less tolerent of people here than in many other areas. This one was quite aggressive. | Close up - thay all have very different faces and features. | Another matriarch keeping a close watch on us. |
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| Vultures at nest (I don't know, what do you want to do ???) | Glossy ibis makes a nice silhouette. | Pale chanting goshawk. |
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| Superb starling - these guys were everywhere. | Our only leopard sighting. Mind you it was one more than anyone else that day. | Lion in tree - it's a hard life!. |
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| My Maasai guide on the bushwalks - Deto. We found a lot of interesting tracks - aardvark, honey badger, etc but managed to avoid getting eaten. | Small elephant family group sheltering from the sun under an acacia. | Large herd in the marsh. There must have been 250+ elephant here. |
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| There was a water hole at the lodge, but the elephant occasionaly prefer the swimming pool. Time to get out now... | This guy wanted to join me for breakfast. He did manage to destroy one fence before the staff chased(!) him off. | Last day - a visit to the snake park on the way back. |
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| And crocodile (at the snake park of course). | Views of Mount Meru from Arusha - another volcanic peak. | Farewell Alfonce - and thanks. |