Safari Pictures of us and the wild animals halli hallo ... we are back in Arusha u still in! ;-)) Is not a kitten is too close to us, is not elefeant we stepped on the toes ... but from the beginning: Early morning
'm actually with nora u elli, the next week under the wing of Paula Lofstrom in Mwanza be (much spaaass, her 2 ;-)), to Tarangire National Park. The trip there is very beautiful, really this time even on a highway (!!), the load without problems 2 find space next to each other, by the Maasaisteppe - here we have a photo shoot after the other: Maasai on the wheel, with cow Maasai, Maasai woman with wood, Maasai woman without wood, etc. etc. etc. After lunch we enter
So this area, where are u, Loewe elephant say goodnight ...;-)) well, because we are curious ... inspires us already own the park there without any animals: this is the Africa, as one imagines: savannah Affenbrotbaeumen (or upside-down trees because they look as if the roots would grow to the sky) u umbrella acacia trees against a blue horizon! (Yes, for you would be nice photos for a better presentation of this beautiful landscape, but we can not live here upload - We are in Africa, which should not forget her .... So, for the photo you would have to be patient tonight yet a bissl ...)
it does not take long, as even the first cross zebras "friends" with her, the wildebeest, the (Did you know that the stripes of zebras is as individual as the human fingerprint?) away - and we shoot shoot, shoot. We can hardly tear himself away from these animals, but Hokage in search of the "big five" (to which elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard u rhino count, the animals, the mean for the people 'danger'). there is looking for a warthog next to the family out from under the tree shadow ... (so ugly misshapen that they are already sweet). also jump impalas (a gazellenart) past, in the bushes to hide the tiny dik-dik (look like a deer in miniature format), a Strauss passed runs in the river a marabou waiting for the rest, which makes him the fish eagle from his lunch rest. and we: snap snap snap,. further down in the river bed, we finally discover an entire herd of babies with their elefantenkuehen. Abdullah, our guide told us that the world's largest mammals Prob extinct sooner or later, as they have to eat just enough (that's also what they do all day: eat, eat, eat!) ..., we almost get the jitters, as these incredible giants 20 minutes later, 2 meters behind our jeep across the road ! Go! then we see a huge ape family in their daily washing ritual: every Laust each! ;-)) And what do we do? watch shoot shoot, shoot ;-))
we continue, right, look left u will find him, the Queens king of the animal kingdom! (or actually 3 ;-)) along with 3 other jeeps, we observe long as they in the shadow of their nocturnal hunting Prob busy relaxing in the sunset before heading back to the campsite. but not before another giraffe has passed from us. in the evening light it always looks closer to us with her beautiful long eyelashes to take pictures while we shoot, shoot ...
at the campsite waiting for our own cooking already with us to eat: soup, main course, dessert (and also with many, many vitamins !!)... oh, it's also nice to be served. the strenuous day soon force us to climb into our tent, where we read a lot about animals all the ones we have already seen. After a great breakfast with fruit, omelette u sausage, bread m. jam, peanutbutter, honey, tea, coffee, cocoa 2 different species (!) - wow, this offer almost overwhelmed us - we try our luck again in Tarangire NP. See this time not much new, but we can from the many herds eh not get enough. In the afternoon we head direction ngorongoro area, 3 hours drive by constantly changing landscape of steppe, over hills forests that are at home (you u! ;-)) remember to tropical rain forest! we have to hurry, that we still sunset our tent on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater build. now it's pretty fresh, at least we are on 3000 m height. because we are looking forward to us the night we will spend about 8 degrees in the tent ... but the outlook (diameter 20 km) to the world's largest crater, the prof even from such a German. beginning of the 20th century has been described as the eighth wonder of the world, warmed our hearts ;-))
In a hot soup abdullah explains us that we are all edible things still out of the tent into the car to create, as we face the pigs - on the look for the nuts - will be visiting. na wonderful, the night can certainly not expect more. in the pitch dark we grope for the few, as in the light of the flashlight suddenly turns up a huge shadow! as we remain rooted to 5! 3 meters away from our tents is a grazing buffalo (remember! Is also one of the big 5), the undistributed our adrenaline is God can not smell, thanks. ado, we decide by 21 clock is no longer isolated to verlassen.ohne dressed zaehne u try some quiet as we lay sleeping. what ungulates in this smacking colossus behind us and the herd from which vorbeigaloppieren our heads on something difficult is possible. sometime we sleep but then u survive the night until ten to our ears icy u quite well. very early the next morning we set off to drive the 600 m down into the crater floor and observe where the animals that migrate at this time for the water source. Soon we meet 100e zebras u gnus (now we're not soo excited as the day before!), royal crane, flamingos u a distant hippopotamus. what we do, so you think you can probably already, right? ;-)) Shoot shoot, shoot!
drives but abdullah on us, as can be seen ansch. a rhinoceros in the vicinity, which is a definite stroke of luck, as there are only 60 worldwide. and we are really lucky that u can die from the highly endangered animal (the horn is in Southeast Asia as potenzmittel used! admire!)! Hokage with spotted hyenas and buffalo (oh, that really huge, because we are afraid in retrospect even before our neighbors yesterday!), who wade in the liquid. Now get 2 male lions who stalk through the tall grass prairie, our full attention and our lens ... in search of the fifth animal in the group of the "big five", the leopard, we are of the zebras, wildebeest, ostrich warty pigs u almost bored to see at least a couple of jackals u cheetah in further binoculars distance 2 (which are the ones that 130 may km / h top speed!) - or leopard were they? so sure we're not, but for us it was on all cases, the big five that we have really got to face!
to escape the danger that we are the monkeys steal some of our ingredients lunchbox, we decide for safety's sake in the car to eat with a closed roof. What also works well, until Ellie opens her window, as they no animal can not see far u wide. attracted by the white bread of course, it takes not long before we in such a screeching sauviech dare to have Nora's shot. Abdullah was on the toilet, but we defend itself well against the intruder hit u this sassy animal (though with yield, but still!) out of the car! a little excitement at the end!
to Arusha takes a long time, the eyes are always covered again, the urinary bladder, we are glad when we are back in civilization u can not wait originating locally in our 'via via' to come to our experiences there, the last day to perpetuate in our diaries ...
for tomorrow we plan a day trip from here before we took on friday probably further direction moshi - pull at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. from there we'll meet again, wish you all the best, hug you, kiss you
nina & iris