Safari in Tanzania 2019 — Bernd's Perspective

Our third safari led us to the south of Tanzania at the end of the dry season. September/October 2019.

Böhm's bee-eater

Northern carmine bee-eater

Openbill stork

Giraffe

African jacana and cattle egret hitching a ride on a hippo

Baboons biting each other in the head

Bernd with a G&T and a spoonbill

Male impalas fighting

Sunset in Selous Game Reserve

Bathroom in Sand Rivers Selous

View from the bed at Sand River Selous

Pool in Sand Rivers Selous

Jill on our patio in Sand Rivers Selous

Life as a lion is tiring

Life as a lion cub is tiring too!

Bernd with big lens

Lions playing

Lions playing

Lions playing

Breakfast is being served

Bush breakfast

Giraffe, impalas and baboons sharing a waterhole

Crocodiles cooling down

Waterbucks

Lilac-breasted roller

Lilac-breasted roller

Squacco heron

Out in the Land Rover

Hot (and slimy) springs

Landscape in Selous Game Reserve

Vervet monkey

Helmeted guineafowl

Warthog

Warthog

Hippo

Hippo

Landscape in Selous Game Reserve

Breakfast in the bush

Hyena

Hyena

Flying to Ruaha National Park

Our tent at Kigelia Ruaha

Bed looks comfy at Kigelia Ruaha

Bathroom at Kigelia Ruaha

Bucket shower at Kigelia Ruaha

Elephant

Not too close!

Male elephants fighting

Lion stalking buffalos

Juvenile white-browed coucal

Hello lion!

Black-backed jackal

Zebras

Lesser kudus

Young elephant lying down for a nap

Landscape in Ruaha

Little bee-eater

Bee-eater eating a bee

Impala having lost one of his horns

Landcruiser problems, nothing that couldn't be fixed with a pocket knife and a bottle of coke

Sunrise in Ruaha

Giraffes

Pearl-spotted owl

Ground squirrel eating a flower

Oxpecker

Buffalo

Saddle-billed stork

Lion

Lunch in the camp

Giant eagle owl

Red-necked falcon

Lions and dead buffalo

A fresh lion kill attracts humans

Freshly killed buffalo

Lions feeding on a buffalo

Lions

Jackal waiting for his turn

Hooded vulture waiting for its turn

Impalas

Greater kudu

Baboon

Giraffes

Antelope

Birdbath on our patio at Kigelia always kept in focus

Bird have a bath

Mongoose having a drink

Mongoose standing at the birdbath

It's not the hooded vultures turn yet

Sleeping lion

Dik-dik

Rock hyrax

Cheetah

Cheetah

Scenic breakfast in Ruaha

Day two: not much left of the buffalo

Impala

Bushbuck having a sip out of the birdbath

Sunset in Ruaha

Leopard

Leopard trying to sleep

Serval cat hunting

Red-headed rock agama