Friday, May 2, 2014

Tarangire for May Day

Thursday was the May Day holiday here in Tanzania and the kids did not have school. Matt and I made a last minute decision on Wednesday afternoon to take the kids to Tarangire National Park for an overnight safari. It’s different going on safari during the rainy season…the animals are more dispersed since water/food are available almost anywhere, but it’s so green – beautiful and lush.  We did see a lot of animals, but this time it was fun to work with the kids on birds – birds are always around and they are getting really good and identification.  Matt loves birds, so it’s really fun for him to pass this love along to the kids. 

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Safari driving  Sundowners

 Rock Hyrax Dik DikMongooseMuddy warthogs

Bushbuck

Tarangire road block

     Baboon Big baboon 

Giraffe Giraffe little ones ElephantMonitor LizardOstrichTongue

Impala Impala fighting  

3 male lions hiding in the bush

Simba 

Car silliness

       

These make my neck hurt

Upside downWhat are you looking at?

Birds!

Lilac breasted roller

Wood Owl

Fish Eagle

Kingfisher

Brown Parrot

    Secretery Bird in a tree

We were rewarded with clear views of Kilimanjaro peeking out from behind Mt. Meru on the way home.

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