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Tanzania 2014 Serengeti Mara Day 1A

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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Zebra sizing up the wildebeest herd formation and movement, although the ones just in front of them do not seem to be going anywhere.
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Zebra sizing up the wildebeest herd formation and movement, although the ones just in front of them do not seem to be going anywhere.

  • This one ppears to be a male.
  • Per Albert, the Maasai Giraffe is the national animal of Tanzania.
  • Back on the south side, the wildebeest that did not cross seem to be in an uproar, racing back and forth with no apparent objective. Constant movement is their way of life since migration is more or less a 12-month-of-the-year event.
  • A south-side herd is forming up and moving towards another crossing spot. The Mara River is just in front of the line of dark green trees on the horizon.
  • Zebra sizing up the wildebeest herd formation and movement, although the ones just in front of them do not seem to be going anywhere.
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  • Last view for a while of the wildebeest herd moving west toward another crossing point on the Mara River. We will catch up with them later in the next album (Day 1B).
  • This is most likely a White-backed Vulture, the most common vulture in the area.
  • Albert named this plant and mentioned its practical use, but I forgot what he said and can not identify it. Please comment or send an e-mail if you know.
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