Tag: tanzania

Giraffes in the Serengeti

We saw what felt like hundreds of giraffes all over the Serengeti. I feel they are somewhere between beautifully graceful and clumsily strange.

Monkey in Tarangire National Park

This little rascal was running around a picnic area stealing bananas. Our tour guide said we could eat bananas when he was at the table, but that if he left or we walked away from him, that the moneys would attack. I was confused. Why would they avoid him, but not us? The answer was […]

Monkeys

Monkeys at Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary.

Domesticated zebra

This is one of the worlds only domesticated zebra’s. We saw it at the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary.

Tiger

We got to see this stunningly beautiful tiger at the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary. The first image was taken as close as it looks, and no, there was no cage protecting me! We had to sit with our butts firmly planted against the edge of his cage, while the sanctuary worker took this majestic beast […]

Lions

We saw this amazing lions at the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary.

Puma

This amazing little puma was locked in a tiny little cage at Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary. This looked harsh, but his carers explained that he had been injured when sent from a zoo to their sanctuary as he didn’t cope well with being caged like that. So they were training him to be around humans […]

Lemur

We saw this adorable lemur at the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary.

Hyena

Up close and personal with a hyena at the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary in Zanzibar.

Cheetah’s at Cheetah Rock

Basia and I visited Cheetah Rock, an animal sanctuary in Zanzibar. Unsurprisingly, a cheetah is the main attraction. This particular Cheetah will never be able to return to the wild due to being too domesticated, but this thankfully meant that we were allowed to pet him. I took over camera duties rather than petting the […]

Stuck in the Serengeti

One would think that when you’ve driven past a bunch of lions, cheetahs, hyena’s and other scary animals, that one would panic when your vehicle gets stuck in the mud. But our trusty driver had no hesitation in hopping out to assist another stricken vehicle. After a while, we got bored just sitting around, so […]

Tortoise’s

We got to see these cool little tortoises in the Cheetah Rock wildlife sanctuary in Zanzibar.

Zebra in the Serengeti

Millipede

I stood on something in Zanzibar, and yelped when I saw I’d stomped on this little dude. Thankfully he seemed to take it pretty well and just kept on trucking.

Zanzibar insect

I have no idea what this little dude was, but he landed directly beside me while staying at a beach side hotel in Zanzibar.

Greenery on way to Ngorongoro

View of the lush green hills surrounding Ngorongoro national park in Tanzania.

Termite mound

Check out this giant termite mound we found in Tarangire national park in Tanzania!

Baboons

We met these little guys at the entrance to the Serengeti national park in Tanzania. Documentaries I had seen explained that baboons would tear your face off at the first opportunity, but we were surrounded by swarms of them and they were mostly quite standoffish around us. They were more interested in breaking into cars […]

Dinner in Zanzibar

Food isn’t a strong point of Tanzania in my opinion. But while there, Basia and I did manage to track down a couple of restaurants with decent food.

Chameleon

Near the entrance to Serengeti national park, I found a large number of chameleon’s hanging out on rocks. Unfortunately, they usually ran away whenever I tried to get near, but I did manage to snap this picture of one of these little beauties before it took off.

Zebras in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

I’ve always thought of zebra’s as majestic animals. I never thought I would think of them like sheep on the side of the road, but after four days of plodding through the Tanzanian wilderness, they had just become the standard animal that see everywhere. It seemed that no matter where you looked, there were zebra’s! […]

Camp bird

I have no idea what this bird is, but it was a giant graceful thing which just slowly meandered into our camp site near Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It seemed to be very tolerant of humans and only backed off when I got right up in it’s face with a camera. EDIT: David Lockie pointed out […]

Bushbaby’s

We got to hang out with some Bushbaby’s at the Cheetahs Rock animal sanctuary in Tanzania. Bushbaby’s are small primates which are native to Africa. They were very friendly and seemed to enjoy getting to hang out with humans for a bit.