Africa

Zebra Love King Of The Pride Mother and Baby Giraffe Zebras Zebra Butt Sunset Over Tarangire Mother and Baby Elephants A small herd of giraffe Three Giraffes Lion King King and Queen Zebra Huddled in Shade Giraffe Tongue Maasai Boy Stone Town Young Bull Wildebeest in Ngorongoro Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Maasai Women Zanzibar Outrigger Wildebeest horns Zanzibar Beach Elder Lion Monochrome Little Lion Cub Brothers Tarangire Sunset Superb Starling Maasai Feet Simple Green Elephant eating grass Sunset amongst Boabab and Acacia trees Herd of buffalo at sunset by an acacia tree African Elephant African Elephant African Elephant African Vervet Monkey African Elephant African Elephant African Elephant African Gray Parrot African Green Vervet Monkey African Green Vervet Monkey African Green Vervet Monkey Leopard Leopard Black and White Elephant Butt Zebra Behind Old Green Door Giraffe Butt Punk Mane Cheetah Black and White Alert Mongoose Male Von Der Decken's Hornbill Candelabra Trees Young Zebra Colt Wildebeest Hungry Hyena Two Rhinos Thomsons Gazelle Gray Crowned Crane Male Kori Bustard Hungry Lions Vastness of the Serengeti Cheetah Elephant Family Hippo opening wide Thomsons Gazelle Masai Giraffe Lesser Flamingo Flamingo admiring its reflection Blue (sykes) monkey Blue (sykes) monkey Blue (sykes) monkey Memorial at Christ Church Fish at the Market Intricately Carved Door Ornate Hindu Style Door Door panel in the Sultan's Palace (museum) Red Colobus Monkey Panoramic - Sunset over Ngorongoro crater Dawn in Ngorongoro Crater Panoramic Ngorongoro Crater Wide Panoramic Our guide with Ranger Safaris - Gabriel (Gabi) Joseph Huge cactus type plant in Arusha town Bottlebrush Tree Giraffes in a corral Carved ebony Maasai figures Maasai people and locals in a small town near Arusha One of many huge Baobab trees Buffalo skull Zebras Why did the elephant cross the road? Group of zebras Wildebeests Giraffe munching on some leaves Small, winding Tarangire River Elephants on parade Elephants on parade A few female ostriches Bushy nests hanging from this tree Colorful male Agama lizard perked up to look intimidating Tarangire Sopa Lodge Pool at the Sopa Lodge Ornately carved door of our room at the Sopa Tiny little Dik Dik (pronounced deek deek), is only about 2 feet tall Masai Giraffe Elephants drinking what little water is left Elephant scratching its rear on a tree A pair of Waterbucks A very rare Kudu - our driver has not seen one of these in 10 years Tarangire landscape One of the Land Cruisers stopping to look at animals A group of banded mongoose all popped up at the same time to check things out Group of vultures waiting for their turn to feast Lion (Simba in Kiswahili) Lion Young male lion Lion yawning (or is it roaring) Young male lion Lounging lion, just like my house cat Lion Lion Lions munching on a freshly killed cape buffalo Lion butt Yellow-necked Spurfowl Southern Ground Hornbill Female Von Der Decken's Hornbill Lion Lion resting in the shade Herd of buffalo Cape Buffalo Few Cape Buffalo Toyota Land Cruiser - the trusty safari vehicle Long-tailed Fiscal Shrike Large termite mound No feeding the animals Candelabra tree Candelabra tree Black-chested Snake Eagle Southern Ground Hornbill Male Impala Vultures feeding on a dead buffalo Vultures feeding on a dead buffalo Ruppell's Griffon Vulture Vulture coming in for a landing Flying vulture Vultures fighting Flat-topped Acacia Masai Giraffe Masai Giraffe Masai Giraffe Lilac-breasted Roller Troop of baboons Baby baboon riding piggyback with mom Rid 'em cowboy! Adult baboon Back of baboon's head Baboons everywhere! It's a parade of baboons Tiny baby baboon Mass of bees Elephant drinking water Elephant with Nile Monitor on the water bank Elephant butt Elephant cooling himself off with sand Kirk's Dik Dik (deek deek) Kirk's Dik Dik Lilac-breasted Roller Look at those tusks! Tarangire landscape Baby Masai Giraffe Dead tree Mom and Baby Elephants Elephant crossing... Spotted Eagle Owl Dining room at Tarangire Sopa Lodge Street Vendor The traditional underground shelter of the Iraqw tribe Iraqw woman putting beads on a traditional wedding skirt Traditional Iraqw Wedding Skirt Iraqw woman demonstrating grain grinding techniques Carving items from ebony Model of Ngorongoro Crater Inside the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge Sunset over the crater Sunset over the crater Sunset over the crater Dusk over Ngorongoro Crater Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge Wildebeest butt Spotted hyena Wildebeest and zebras Wildebeest running Hyena and Wildebeest, living side by side Rainbow and animals on the crater floor Guinea Hens Secretary Bird Kori Bustard Ngorongoro Crater rim Zebra stripes Close up of a few zebras Common Zebra Black Rhinoceros with baby Black Rhino Spotted Hyena Black Rhino Warthogs searching for food Warthog One of two hippo ponds in the crater Safari vehicles Common Zebra Looks like the lower jaw bone of an elephant Zebras sneaking past a lion These lions had their fill of an unlucky zebra These lions had their fill of an unlucky zebra A huge throng of safari vehicles showed up to watch the feeding Large male lion Large male lion A pile of hippos resting in the cool water Sacred Ibis The hippo pond Some hippos seem to have gotten upset and started biting each other These hippos were laying all over each other Lone hippo Thomson's Gazelle Lake Magadi is the most dominant water feature in the crater, though it was mostly dry A pride of lions and cubs resting in the shade of the vehicle Young male lion Lion cubs resting in the shade Family of lions Male ostrich Male ostrich Wildebeest Group of Maasai men prepping for a welcome song and dance Group of Maasai women welcoming us to their village Maasai women Maasai women Maasai men performing a welcome dance Maasai women Maasai man Massai men in their village That's one smiley Cape Buffalo Serengeti terrain changes Giraffes on parade through the Serengeti Oldupai (Olduvai) Gorge, discovery site of earliest known human existence in the world Dirt road leading into Oldupai Gorge Beaded Rungus (Maasai clubs) Maasai spears Lower jaw remains of an extinct pig Reconstructed skull discovered in Oldupai Gorge First known humans to walk the earth Male Agama Lizard The long dusty road leading into Serengeti National Park Female cheetah laying on a termite hill Cheetah surveying her surroundings Cheetah Male Agama Lizard Cokes Hartebeest Leopard with a fresh gazelle kill in a tree Gray-backed Fiscal Shrike Black-headed Heron Topi Several lizards Room balcony view from Serengeti Sopa Lodge Yellow Baboon Female ostrich Lilac-breasted Roller View from the roof of the Land Cruiser Rock outcroppings (kopjes) Thomsons Gazelle huddled together, sensing danger Hyena checking out the Thomsons Gazelle Masai Giraffe Giraffe spots Egyptian Goose with babies Thomsons Gazelle testing the algae-filled waters Skeletal remains of a Cape Buffalo Nile Monitor with geese Two Nile Crocodile Hippo Rock Hyrax Wildebeest sculpture at Serengeti Visitors Center Rock Hyrax Skulls of various Serengeti animals Black-winged Stilt Maasai used to live within this rock outcropping Eastern Green Mamba Male Agama Lizard Two adorable lion cubs Lion cubs These dust devils were blowing around all over the place Maasai tribesman took us on a hike E Unoto Retreat - our last lodge near Lake Manyara Waterfall at the end of our hike through banana groves Giraffes munching on trees Thousands of great white pelicans A huge mass of pelicans and a lone hippo Giraffe legs Giraffes crossing the river Masai Giraffe Mount Meru Arusha Domestic Airport Dirt Runway Takeoff Stone Town, Zanzibar Coastal Air Cessna Grand Caravan Smile, U R in Zanzibar Floor of Christ Church Cathedral Mosaic altar in the Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral High Altar Christ Church Cathedral Steeple Christ Church Cathedral Fresh Octopus at the Market Local Shells Open Air Market Freddie Mercury House The old Stone Town fort An old style dow, boats typical in Zanzibar Fishing boat Zanzibar Dow Trail through the lush Jozani Forest These Red Colobus monkeys are found only on Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey Red Colobus Monkey munching on a leaf Red Colobus Monkeys Red Colobus Monkey This puppy was hanging around the resort Zippy sand crab would scurry in and out of its hole Loungers on the beach These little huts were set up for an exclusive beach side dinner The beach and palm trees at the resort Local fisherman fishing in the low tide waters Many corals and urchins were exposed when the tide was low Sea urchin Low tide exposed half a mile of beach Exposed sand during low tide Huge seafood plate Boats and an approaching storm Dive master riding on the front of our bouncing boat A pair of Moorish Idol fish A type of nudibranc Huge school of blue striped snapper Blue striped snapper Scorpion fish camouflaged in the coral Anemone and skunk clown fish Anemone and three-spot damsel (domino) fish Large sea cucumber Blue sea star (star fish) Squirrel fish and sea star Lion fish Blue sea star (star fish) Moray eel Gobi This weird stone fish slithered along the bottom Lion fish hiding in the coral Boat from the water's perspective Lion fish Lion fish, puffer, and a few cleaner wrasse Close up of scorpion fish Saddleback sharp-nosed puffers Milky sole fish blends into the sand Anemones and many fish Anemones and countless fish African Elephant Mom and Baby Giraffe Brandberg Massif Guinea-Bissau Richat Structure in Mauritania Niger River No Man's Land Okavango Delta Sahara Desert Terkezi Oasis Ugab River Al Jazirah, Sudan