This will be the last post on Tanzania. I am sorry for the delay and gap in the weekly posts. M.E. and I had the opportunity to fly home to Philly for the Thanksgiving week. Once at home it really…

The warthog is in the pig family. They have four tusks two larger curved ones and two razor sharp lower ones used primary for digging up roots and bulbs. When threatened they will run up to 30 mph vs. fight.…

The hyenas, jackals and vultures are the scavengers of the African plains. They do have an unjust reputation and really provide a vital role in “cleaning up” the savanna ecosystem. Without them there would be many animals piling up, dying…

The Serengeti is consider one of the finest national parks in African, due to the diversity of animals living together in the ecosystem. The antelopes make up a large part of this population. All herbivores, it is interesting how they…

Lions, Leopards and cheetahs are the cats we saw in both the Serengeti and Tarangire parks. In all of Africa the Serengeti has the largest population of lions some 3000 of them. They live mostly in the plains, in the…

Every day we saw lots of animals and birds. Each drive explored new areas around the camp traveling 20+ miles in any one direction looking for animals. The guides knew where many of the animals would be but some animals…

The Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest park, it is a world heritage site, and one of Africa’s most famous game parks. The park was created to preserve the path for one of the world’s largest animal migration circuits. It…

We traveled to Tanzania over the September Eid holiday to visit the Serengeti and Tarangire National Parks. M.E. was off from work this week. We wanted to go on one last trip.There would be no time to travel once the plant…