Elephant Orphaned Baby

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The day after I landed in Nairobi Kenya, we visited the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage on the outskirts of Nairobi. A fenced area in the middle of the compound—about 100 x 200 feet—had the classic African reddish clay soil. Mounds … Read More

Rhino Wrinkles

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Lake Nakuru National Park was the only place that had plenty of rhinos to observe in close proximity. They were unfazed by the 4×4 tour vehicles stopping nearby and with the constant camera shutter clicks. They kept their massive heads … Read More

Elephant Rush Hour

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Amboseli National Park, Kenya. We stayed at a simple, but very charming and classic safari lodge, at a town nearby. We enjoyed daily drives down to the lake where local elephants came to feast on the water lilies, cool off, … Read More

Serengeti Hot Air Balloon

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Could I pass up a hot air balloon ride over Serengeti at sunrise? Not a chance! We rose at 4 am and after a very light breakfast (for good reasons) we drove to the air field where hot air balloons … Read More

Zebra Lines and Eye

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High noon, Ngorongoro National Park in Tanzania.  The grazing animals on the plain were moving slowly, as if to conserve energy.  Knowing the big cats don’t hunt during mid-day heat, they relax for few hours, waiting for the scorching sun … Read More

Elephant Mom and Daughter

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It was our first evening at the Karatu Simba Lodge in Tanzania. This was our base lodge for the game drives to shores of Lake Manyara in Manyara National Park.   This lodge and pool back onto the outskirts of … Read More

Zebra’s Head

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Day one at Ngorongoro National Park in Tanzania.  At mid day and the sun was beating down on everything, including us, in the safari four wheeler with the top popped up. This group was under my radar specifically for having … Read More

Elephant Mellow Male

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Last day in Manyara National Park in Tanzania, about an hour or so drive from our Karatu Simba Lodge home base. In the early afternoon the sun was still pretty intense.   Many large herds of elephants had come down … Read More

Elephant Baby Cousins

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We had just arrived at the shores of Lake Manyara in Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Our base was Karatu Simba Lodge in the nearby roadside town outside of national park boundaries. The older cousin started to smell and check out … Read More

Elephant Newborn with Mom

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Last day in Manyara National Park in Tanzania. Late afternoon, and the elephant moms with newborn calves were starting to get out of Lake Manyara, where they’d been feeding on water lilies. It was time to dry out and head … Read More

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