Mount Meru Resort
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Mount Meru Resort is the home to many water birds such as heron and flamingo. |
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| Tarangire National Park | |
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Tarangire National Park is known for its elephant herds that include many babies. |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
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We watched as the Vervet Monkeys had a dispute over something. |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area | | The fog creeps over the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
By mid-morning, it is retreating over the Crater wall until it
disappears before noon. |
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Flocks of flamingo are often seen in the Crater's lakes. |
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Zebra and wildebeest drink nervously. |
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This pride of lions has 4 adult males. As we left the Crater, two of them roared a challenge to their neighbors. | | |
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Serengeti National Park | | En route to the Serengeti, we saw a warthog grazing. We also came across a leopard in a tree. |
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stopped one morning to view the cave paintings at the Masai Kopje.
En route from the kopje, we came across a secretary bird. |
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| In another area of trees, we saw a mother and infant vervet monkey | |
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| The oils on the hide of the Topi make it appear to be highly colored. Topi are often called "antelope in blue jeans". | |
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Elephants bravely defend their young. After encircling the babies, the dominant female comes to the front to lead the charge. | | |
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The
dikdik, at about 18 inches tall, is the world's smallest antelope
while the eland is the largest. An eland can be 6 feet tall at
the shoulder. | | |
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A hyena stole a kill from a cheetah. Several other hyenas followed quickly to the kill, each carrying off part of the prize. | | |
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