Buffet breakfast at our lodge. Tarangire is near Lake Manyara National Park and the Tarangire River. This park is a good dry season (between August and October) destination when it has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife of any of the country's parks. Large herds of zebras, wildebeest, hartebeest, and elephants can be found here. Also good for bird watching especially between October and May.
We met at 8:00 am for our
first game drive today. Lots of wildlife. Female grey duiker, hyena tracks pointed out to us by Mattey, giraffe, long crested eagle, dik diks, red throated spur fowl, carcass of a dead elephant, superb starling, red horn bill, elephants, zebra, more giraffe, lion tracks, vultures in a tree, jackals, young male lion, white backed vulture. There's a construction crew building a retaining wall to prevent soil erosion. The Tarangire River. Silale swamp. Common waterbuck/toilet seat butt, all male bachelor herd of impala, black smith plover bird, red billed guelea which are very tiny birds, hammerkop bird, breeding herd of female impalas, ostrich, termite mound, superb starlings, little bee eaters, lilac breasted roller, southern ground hornbills, more elephants, spur winged geese swimming in the water, cattle egrets which are small white birds, unusual looking tree. We head back to the lodge for lunch.
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| Female grey duiker |
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| Hyena tracks |
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| Long crested eagle |
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| Male dik dik has small horns on top of its head |
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| Female dik dik with no horns |
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| Red throated spur fowl |
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| Dead elephant carcass |
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| Superb starling |
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Red hornbill bird
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| Lion tracks |
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| Vultures in a tree |
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Black backed jackals
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| Young male lion |
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White backed vulture
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| Construction crew building a retaining wall |
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| Tarangire River-bachelor herd impala and common waterbuck |
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| Common waterbuck |
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| Common waterbuck/toilet seat butt |
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| Black smith plover |
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| Red billed guelea-tiny birds |
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Hammerkop bird
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Ostrich
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Silale swamp
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| Termite mound |
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| Superb starlings |
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| Little bee eater |
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| Lilac breasted roller |
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| Southern ground hornbill |
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| Elephants |
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Spur winged geese
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Cattle egrets
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Lunch is a BBQ by the pool. Nothing's better than BBQ! Saw an agama lizard crawling up the side of a building.
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Lunch
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| Agama lizard |
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| Pool |
We have a late
afternoon game drive at 4:00 pm. Elephants, zebra. We see ashy starling which are endemic-only found in Tanzania. White bellied bustard, giraffe, southern ground hornbill which is a black bird with a red on its bill, lots of zebra, bachelor herd of impala, giraffe, saddle billed stork, namaqua doves in the road, ring neck dove, dune palm tree, pearl spotted owl, more zebra, wildebeest.
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| Ashy starling |
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| White bellied bustard |
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| Giraffe |
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| Southern ground hornbill |
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| Bachelor herd impala |
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Zebra
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| Giraffe |
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| Saddle-billed stork |
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| Namaqua doves |
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| Ring necked dove |
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| Dune palm tree |
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| Pearl spotted owl |
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| Wildebeest and zebra |
Back at our lodge there's a pretty
sunset. The view is spectacular as we can see not only the colors of the sunset but giraffe and cape buffalo.
Dinner. I so wish I had taken pictures of our meals-breakfasts, lunches, dinners. What I remember is that the food was delicious. So much variety. Gift shop. Our comfy beds.
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Giraffe at sunset
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| Cape buffalo |
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| Pool at night |
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| Beautiful wood carvings |
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| Goodnight! |
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