2010 The Southern Serengeti w/Zephyr Adventures
Wildebeest herd. Heading back to camp for human breakfast.
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Vultures waiting. Start of a late afternoon drive to see what animals are out heading into dusk.
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Same pride of lions. They apparently haven't move.
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Looking down from the open pop top at one comes to inspect the land cruiser
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and finds nothing interesting. Apparently they don't consider a steel elephant and its human cargo to be edible. Step outside the truck and you're fair game.
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Weaver Bird nests.
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Weaver Bird and nests.
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Young Grant Gazelles.
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Older Grant Gazelles keeps an eye on the intruder.
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Out of the lakes and river valley brush and onto the open Serengeti plain.
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Wildebeest and Zebra on the Serengeti.
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Wildebeest and Zebra on the Serengeti.
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Hyena woken up from sleeping in some high plants on the open plain.
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Hyena woken up from sleeping in some high plants on the open plain.
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Hyena woken up from sleeping in some high plants on the open plain.
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6pm and they're still asleep on the cool river bottom
TanzaniaSerengetimigrationZephyr AdventuresLake ManyaraNgorongoro Crater
6pm and they're still asleep on the cool river bottom
TanzaniaSerengetimigrationZephyr AdventuresLake ManyaraNgorongoro Crater
6pm and they're still asleep on the cool river bottom
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6pm and they're still asleep on the cool river bottom even with dozens of these things harassing them all day long.
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Humans taking pictures of each other. L-R: Heather, Francisco, Michael, Allan, Dave.
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Sunset on our way back to camp. They're still looking down and waiting.
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Sunset on our way back to camp. They're still looking down and waiting.
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Early morning hike into the brush from the Ranger Station with the boss.
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Early morning hike into the brush from the Ranger Station with the boss.
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Early morning hike into the brush from the Ranger Station with the boss. Lake Ndutu.
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Early morning hike into the brush from the Ranger Station with the boss.
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Early morning hike into the brush from the Ranger Station with the boss.
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From the tents walking to dinner.
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Departure morning. Excitement among the guides. We think a leopard, but it's increasingly rare wild dogs.
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Heading back to route B-144. A Hyena in the mud.
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A Hyena in the mud.
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A Hyena in the mud.
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A Hyena no longer in the mud.
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Oldupai (Oldevia) Gorge from the museum building to the northeast.
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Oldupai (Oldevia) Gorge from the museum building to the southeast.
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Oldupai (Oldevia) Gorge from the museum building.
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At the bottom of the gorge. There was a flood the night before. This river comes from Lakes Ndutu and Masek.
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At the bottom of the gorge.
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Museum curator shows us bone fossils.
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Fossils everywhere.
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