Tanzania (the report is up now)

[Martti Niskanen]

Just got back from a 16 day trip to Tanzania. Saw 11 herp lifers and lots of stunning mammals. Here's a teaser photo of the herp life. This is a herping forum, but I could post mammal photos with permission. If not, I'll post a link to them. What do you think, Mario?

[Ilian Velikov]

I love this photo!

Come on, I want to see them all - herps, mammals, everything...

P.S. It is a herp forum but it also has mammals, birds and insects sections, so I'm pretty sure nobody would mind to see some other stuff as well!

[Tom Hoogesteger]

Yes! Post it all, including the mammals!

[Bobby Bok]

Exactly the kind of pictures I like! Would love to see more!

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Just do it!!!

show us all!!!

[Gabriel Martínez]

Fantastic photo! This post sounds great. I am impatient to see more Tanzania photos.

Cheers

[Mario Schweiger]

Just got back from a 16 day trip to Tanzania. Saw 11 herp lifers and lots of stunning mammals. Here's a teaser photo of the herp life. This is a herping forum, but I could post mammal photos with permission. If not, I'll post a link to them. What do you think, Mario?

Yes!!!!!!!
As already written, there's a mammal, bird and insect section too!
But in "vacations" everything (animals related and landscapes ) is alowed

Mario

[Sebastian Holzki]

Great, I´m waiting for more pics.

[Martti Niskanen]

Here we go.
I spent 16 days in Tanzania visiting my ladypartner who’s working in Dar es Salaam for a few months. We wanted to fit as much activity into the relatively short time rather than lazying around. We moved around all the time and spent two consecutive nights in the same place only once. The route was as follows: Dar es Salaam – daytrips to a couple of cities – Moshi – Visit to a Maasai vilage – Karatu – Serengeti – Ngorongoro crater – Lake Manyara np. – Dar es Salaam – Zanzibar island for three days – Dar. Fairly intensive chedule, especially as distances are long and public transport pretty slow (Dar – Moshi bus ride takes over ten hours – nearly the whole daylight of the day and going around when dark may be risky). The trip was pretty amazing and the safari just surreal a lot of the time. We got lucky as the southern migration in Serengeti had just started and the extent of biomass was just inconceivable. Got the big five, including one of the 12 black rhino that exist in Tanzania, and so much more.




Here’s just a selection of photos. You can find much more on my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pahakyy/se ... 066406860/


Amietophrynus gutturalis


Phrynomantis bifasciatus


Hemidactylus mabouia


Kilimanjaro




Baobab tree.


Maasai-kids.


Rift valley – the origin of hominids.







Cloud forest on the southern slopes of Ngorongoro crater.


Stunning views into Serengeti off the edge of the Ngorongoro crater.


The edge of Serengeti.


The edge of Serengeti.




Agama mwanzae –male.


Agama mwanzae -male.


Agama mwanzae -female.


Grant’s gazelles.


Some painted horse.


Lioness with one of her three cubs.


Hartebeest.


Nile croc.


Leopard.


Cheeta.


Chubby vultures.


Impala-male.


Hippos.




Black-faced vervet monkeys.


Kirk’s dikdik.


Young impala-males trying each other out.


Ostrich.


Impala-females.


Wilderbeest. Lots of wilderbeest. All the time. All day.


Black-backed jackal.


Thomson’s gazelles.


Smellefants.


Giraffes.


Marabou storks.


Topi antelope.


Lions copulating. Got the whole thing on continuous 8fps.


Spotted hyena.


Ngorongoro crater.


Pumba.


Ngorongoro crater.


Flamingoes.


Ngorongoro and a big cat.


One of the 12 black rhinos in Tanzania.


Golden jackal.




Cercopithecus mitis


Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) .


Olive baboon mating season.


Black-faced vervets. Note the characteristic, blue balls.


Pelomedusa subrufa.


A huge male. As for scale: the road is as wide as two and a half LandCruisers.


Trachylepis striata.


Stigmochelys pardalis.


Stigmochelys pardalis.


Amietophrynus gutturalis.



And off to Zanzibar.



Trachylepis maculilabris.


Matemwe village in north-east Zanzibar.


Seaweed farm.


A very interesting crab.


Fiddler crab.


Harvesting seaweed.


Lygodactylus luteopictoratus.


Lygodactylus luteopictoratus.


Hemidactylus maboyia.




Trachylepis varia.


Trachylepis striata.


Konyagi. The spirit of the nation.


Hope you enjoy and check out more photos on my Flickr account mentioned above.

[Niklas Ban]

great impressions! The lion picture of the female is my favorite