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Tanzania_880S6453_Our safari vehicle, a 4 wheel drive Toyota Land Cruiser_


Tanzania_880S6454_The crew, inside the car on the way out of the Impala hotel_


Tanzania_880S6559_Giant Baobab tree, this one at least 1,000 years old_


Tanzania_880S6563_We were greeted by baboons shortly after entering Lake Manyara National Park_


Tanzania_880S6567_View of Lake Manyara from above_


Tanzania_880S6575_Trees at the Serena Lake Manyara hotel_


Tanzania_880S6578_The hotel had a beautiful infinity pool, overlooking Lake Manyara_


Tanzania_880S6582_The water was a little chilly, but we enjoyed a quick swim_


Tanzania_880S6585_Jaimie and her parents in the infinity pool_


Tanzania_880S6586_The hotel was made up of these little bungalows, with 3 rooms in each_


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Tanzania_880S6596_Soon, a whole group of people came out to perform_


Tanzania_880S6600_They are the employees of the hotel, putting on a small show for the guests_


Tanzania_880S6602_White headed vultures_


Tanzania_880S6607_The hornbill bird, common around the Lake Manyara region_


Tanzania_880S6609_Us at the Lake Manyara welcome center, ready for our first game drive_


Tanzania_880S6613_Family of blue monkies, with longer gray-blue fur_


Tanzania_880S6620_Baby baboons playing along the road_


Tanzania_880S6622_One of the youngest baby baboons - so cute!_


Tanzania_880S6626_Bushbuck, much larger than the impalas_


Tanzania_880S6629_Little baboons trying to eat the sausage fruits_


Tanzania_880S6634_He left his sausage and jumped up on the car, which was more interesting to him_


Tanzania_880S6635_The car must have tasted good, as the baboons bit and licked it_


Tanzania_880S6636_He stretched out and enjoyed looking at us through the window_


Tanzania_880S6638_Baboon family in Lake Manyara_


Tanzania_880S6640_Soon we had 2 who were interested in our vehicle_


Tanzania_880S6646_Blue monkey hiding amongst the leaves_


Tanzania_880S6650_Large baboon clan hanging out all over the road_


Tanzania_880S6653_Another blue monkey hanging from the tree_


Tanzania_880S6655_The sausage tree, providing food for the monkies_


Tanzania_880S6659_Hornbills, with a bright red beak_


Tanzania_880S6661_Impala, there were many of these in the park_


Tanzania_880S6670_Guinea fowl were also plentiful, with bright blue colored heads_


Tanzania_880S6678_Huge pond of hippos - they need to stay in the water during the day to keep cool_


Tanzania_880S6694_A heron was hanging out in the hippo pond_


Tanzania_880S6695_Sometimes, the hippos didn't look much different from a rock_


Tanzania_880S6696_African fish eagles perched high in the trees_


Tanzania_880S6698_Birds liked to rest on top of the hippos_


Tanzania_880S6704_White vervet monkies_


Tanzania_880S6715_We had our first elephant sighting near the lake_


Tanzania_880S6717_This one was missing one of its tusks_


Tanzania_880S6722_Our first giraffe sighting_


Tanzania_880S6726_The giraffes were busy eating from the trees_


Tanzania_880S6739_Small herd of impalas_


Tanzania_880S6742_Another impala, curious about our vehicle_


Tanzania_880S6748_Large warthog - they seemed shy and often ran from us_


Tanzania_880S6760_Cape buffalo posing for the camera_


Tanzania_880S7659_A large Monitor Lizard we saw on the way out of Tarangire park_


Tanzania_880S7662_There were so many stunning giraffes in the morning light - just munching on the trees_


Tanzania_880S7666_1_This seemed to be their hangout, as we saw them 2 days in a row at the same spot_


Tanzania_880S7667_They glowed in the morning light magnificently_


Tanzania_880S7669_We got to enjoy some sleeping lions on the way out_


Tanzania_880S7675_This lionness peaked up for just a second and was back to sound asleep after that_


Tanzania_880S7679_They were ending their 3 day mating session, so they were quite tired_


Tanzania_880S7682_We got an upclose view of a few ostriches_


Tanzania_880S7684_This hole in the huge baobab tree was done by elephant tusks!_


       

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