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Tanzania 2014 Serengeti Mara 1st afternoon

Tanzania is in eastern Africa, just below Uganda and Kenya, and on the Indian Ocean. At the end of our eleven day/ten-night Zambia safari, we flew from Livingston to Johannesburg for an overnight stay. The next day we flew to Arusha, Tanzania via Nairobi. Arriving at Arusha Coffee Lodge at around 8 pm, we spent two nights (one full day) relaxing there before our next adventure. On the morning of 28 August 2014, our guide and driver, Nelson, picked us up at ACL in his 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser for the trip to Ngorongoro Crater. After three nights and two full days in the Crater while staying at Lemala Ngorongoro Camp, we flew by Coastal bush plane out of Manyara Airstrip to Kogatende Airstrip for four nights at Sayari Mara Camp in the remote NW corner of the Serengeti near the Mara River and the Kenyan border. Albert Alfred Lucas was our guide and driver. All arrangements for our requested Tanzanian safari from our arrival at ACL through our return to Arusha and departure from ACL on 5 September 2014 were made by Africa Travel Resource.

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Maasai giraffe, the tallest living animal, and the tallest of the three giraffe species, up to 19 feet for the male.
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Maasai giraffe, the tallest living animal, and the tallest of the three giraffe species, up to 19 feet for the male.

  • After flying into Kogatende from Manyara, we were transferred to Sayari Mara Camp where we received a very cordial welcome. Luggage stowed in our cabin and freshened up from the trip, we set off in our 4WD Land Cruiser for an afternoon safari with two other guests. First up, not 100 feet from Camp, was this male, Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama, basking in the sun.
  • This is the female Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama, probably a partner with the male in the previous picture.
  • Maasai giraffe, the tallest living animal, and the tallest of the three giraffe species, up to 19 feet for the male.
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  • Marabou Stork, a scavenger. With a wingspan of up to 10 feet, this bird is in a class shared only with the Andean Condor. Its nearly bald head lets this bird poke its long beak deep into carrion without any feathers to get messy.
  • Marabou Storks and vultures clean up a carcass. The pecking order here is the somewhat combative vultures first and then the storks.
  • A male Grant's Gazelle, on the left, with his harem.
  • Kirk's Dik-dik, a tiny antelope.
  • Gabar Goshawk.
  • Our first view of a large kopjes, or island of granite rock. This one is complete with two Klipspringers, or rock-hoppers, a small antelope. They rarely drink water, getting most of their liquids from their plants they eat.
  • A Klipspringer/rock-hopper. The male and female have horns.
  • Male Leopard on the rock, the fertile female lurking below.
  • Where did she go? This male just stayed on his rock waiting for the female to join him.
  • Here's the female Leopard, resting on her rock.
  • Female Leopard. Spots on the head and shoulders are singular and round, Spots in the mid-body and hip area are in small, joined groups or rosettes.
  • Female Leopard.
  • Male Leopard resting for the next encounter.
  • Suddenly, the female leaps up onto the male's rock, and begins her mating dance.
  • The female enticing the male to mate.
  • She's all over him! Looks like he is getting the message.
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