Tanzania Day 8: Ngorongoro to Tarangire

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

On June 23, we spent half the day in Ngorongoro Crater and then headed to Tarangire National Park. Here’s the map of our day: Here are the animals we saw: Baboons Elephants Buffalo Ostriches Zebras Wildebeests Crowned Cranes Warthogs Hippopotamuses Thomson’s Gazelles Grant’s Gazelles Hyenas Lions Kori Bustard Guineafowl Waterbucks Black-backed Jackals Hadada Ibis Bat-eared… Continue reading Tanzania Day 8: Ngorongoro to Tarangire

Tanzania Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Serengeti National Park

On June 22, we spent the morning in central Serengeti and then headed out. We stopped at the Oldupai Gorge Museum on our way to Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Here’s the tracklog for our drive. Here are the animals we saw: Baboons Elephants Ostriches Zebras Lions Vervet Monkeys Wildebeests Giraffes Warthogs Hippopotamuses Thomson’s Gazelles Grant’s Gazelles… Continue reading Tanzania Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Tanzania Day 2: Manyara to Serengeti

On Day 2, we drove from the escarpment above the Rift Valley to central Serengeti via Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The animals we saw (new ones in bold): Elephants ostriches zebras wildebeests heron antelopes Thomson’s gazelles Grant’s gazelles hyena serval lions kori bustard leopard griffon vultures Agama Hartebeest Starlings Weavers guinea fowl