Animals on the money in Tanzania. Must be the right place to safari.
Termite mound. The little bastards make the mound out of dirt mixed with their saliva I think. Hard as a rock.
Lake Manyara NP sign
"Finger" tree (I think). Looks like a tree growing string beans.
Sausage tree aka Kigelia
Baboon were running absolutely rampid at Lake Manyara.
Antelope: this is an Impala male
Vervet monkey aka blue balls. Legit...look at those balls.
blue balls
Lake Manyara
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Baby elephant nestling.
Hippos
Gray-crowned crane (national bird of Uganda).
Giraffe eating some acacia tree leaves.
baboons
This was actually a legit traffic concern we had to look out for.
Why did the elephant cross the road?
Lake Manyara in the background.
emo!!!! Baby elephant style.
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Leo and I at a roadside viewing point over Lake Manyara
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Safari
Jan 25, 2010
Lake Manyara National Park is a nice stop over on your way to the Serengeti from Central Tanzania. It's a one day ordeal and really offers a lot. Tons of baboons, hippos, giraffe, elephant, buffalo and the beautiful lake. It is much smaller than other NPs (about 320 km^2 but 220 km^2 is lake) so be prepared to run into other tourists while inside the park. This aspect was really no big deal but I wasn't expecting it.
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Tour company lunch
Jan 25, 2010
Each safari company gives you a strikingly similar packed lunch: juice box, hard boiled egg, peice of fried chicken, candy bar, muffin and banana. It's actually decent and a big portion.
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A must for any sarfari. The coolest part of the trip is when the animals are really close but you see a fair number of worth-wild things in the distance as well.
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