by Thomas | Sep 11, 2013 | Africa, Animals, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
We reached the entry checkpoint to the Ngorongoro Crater a few minutes before sunrise. Our early entry was rewarded with the most spectacular sunrise that nature had to offer at the Ngorongoro Crater. After witnessing this magical sunrise from the ridge of the Crater,...
by Thomas | Aug 18, 2013 | Africa, Birds, Serengeti, Tanzania
The Superb Starling is by far Tanzania’s most widespread and best known Starling. The iridescent blue-green upper parts combined with it’s rich chestnut colored underbelly and white yellow eyes, makes it a bird with the most contrasting colours seen in...
by Thomas | Jul 28, 2013 | Africa, Animals, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
We were on a dawn-to-dusk safari in the Ngorongoro crater. And its needless to say that it was a spectacular safari! The sheer density of wildlife in the crater is simply mind boggling. We started out early and caught the sunrise over the crater and then descended...
by Thomas | Jul 21, 2013 | Africa, Birds, Endangered Species, Serengeti, Tanzania
The first time we saw the Grey Crowned Cranes of Africa, it was near a waterhole in the plains of the world famous Serengeti national park. We were delighted to see these stunningly beautiful but endangered Cranes. We saw this Grey Crowned Crane couple foraging in the...
by Thomas | May 12, 2013 | Africa, Birds, Serengeti, Tanzania
We started today with the sighting of the Pride of Lions in the Serengeti national park. What made that sighting special was that we saw these Lions in the beautiful morning light and they came up right next to the Land Cruiser. They also spent quite a bit of time...
by Thomas | Apr 7, 2013 | Africa, Ngorongoro, Places, Tanzania
After spending a night at Lake Manyara and a few nights in the Serengeti national park, the Mecca of wildlife, we set our sights on Ngorongoro crater. After a sumptuous breakfast at the Kirawira luxury tented camp, we started our journey to Ngorongoro crater. En-route...
by Thomas | Mar 17, 2013 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
We spotted an African Lion pair at a short distance from the tracks on a safari in Ngorongoro crater. The African Lion was an young male and the Lioness was much older than him, hence we weren’t sure if this was a courting pair or just members of the same pride...
by Thomas | Feb 17, 2013 | Africa, Animals, Serengeti, Tanzania
It is interesting to watch male Impalas. Especially when there are two males guarding their territories separated by just the safari road. The staring and posturing make for lovely portrait images. This display takes a different turn when a herd of female Impalas move...
by Thomas | Dec 30, 2012 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Serengeti, Tanzania
Our previous edition on the fantastic sighting of the African Elephant herd in the Serengeti national park ended with the juvenile bulls in the herd mock charging the jeeps, leaving us wondering as to why the hitherto calm herd had suddenly got spooked. All the jeeps...
by Thomas | Dec 2, 2012 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Serengeti, Tanzania
We saw the massive African Elephant brothers on the first day in the Serengeti national park. But after that we hadn’t seen African Elephants during our rides in Serengeti, up until now. We were driving from western Serengeti to Ngorongoro and we came across a...
