Ok, so really as the title says... we went on a lion hunt. I wanted to see LIONS!!! Probably since I saw the Lion King as a kid, I have wanted to do an African safari... and well I did it! I was impressed. As I have already added pictures of the Big 5, I am not going to add many on this post... well that's what I say now, but once I have to pick pictures it might be different. We went on a 3 nights 4 days camping safari trip through the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara. It was amazing camping right in the middle of the national parks, and not knowing what animals might come to visit you that night. Thankfully none did :) Our safari was also just the two of us (plus our guide and cook) so we got to take our time to look at animals, or drive away when we had see our share. Such a perfect vacation. Here are some pictures of the first half of our trip, from Dar es Salaam, our 16 hour bus ride, Arusha, and of course the SAFARI!
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| On the deck of our hotel room overlooking downtown Dar es Salaam |
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| An old church in Dar es Salaam |
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| A stop while on our "should be 8 hour, but turned into 16 hour" bus trip... |
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| The bus in front of us... always people trying to sell us stuff |
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| Coffee plants... not ripe yet, they still have to turn red |
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| Coffee plantation |
OK all these pictures are in random order... I am having difficulties arranging them... grr
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| Awe cute hey... I am referring to the giraffes... |
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| We did A LOT of this... |
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| Camping in the park, 1st night at Lake Manyara |
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| Ngorongoro Crater Park |
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| Overlooking the crater |
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| Masai houses... |
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| A Masai guy with his herd of sheep, goats, etc. |
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| SERENGETI national park entrance. |
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| They are much bigger than I expected. Apparently they are 2.5 meters tall... |
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| Wildebeest... we saw herds of them... hard to tell since this picture is so small |
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| Super close to Lions... did I mention that I was on a Lion hunt! |
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| They never stop sleeping... |
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| Spooning.. so cute that even lions do that :) |
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| Ya it was that beautiful |
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| Second night camping in the Serengeti |
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| Hippos! |
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| Camping in the Serengeti.. with the wild surrounding us. |
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| Momma hiding in the grass with her four cubs... kinda hard to see |
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| No big deal, just some elephants crossing right in front of us |
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| Overlooking the crater again |
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| HYENA! |
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| This lady was on a hunt for her lunch. We got to watch two lions as they hunted for their food. |
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| She is hiding behind the jeep as she picks out her lunch |
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| Pumba and his family |
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| Ok hard to see since the picture is so small, but the zebra in the back is making a nice smile for us :) |
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| Blue bum... |
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| Flamingos! |
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| In the crater there was a lot of Zebras with new babies. Made my day :) |
Ok that is it for our inland, safari experience... next to come will be pictures and an update from our time in Zanzibar taking in the beautiful beaches...
Serena
So cool!!!
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