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Tarangire National Park

We did two days in Tarangire National Park to start us off and what a start it was! Day 1 we saw two leopards in trees, though they were very sleepy... Tarangire is known for its large population of elephants.
Camel grazing near the Meserani Snake Park outside Arusha. Vervet Monkeys grooming at the entrance to Tarangire National Park. Vervet Monkey. g9/78/587478/3/153190358.TaXMbWll.jpg g9/78/587478/3/153190360.pGbCM0kP.jpg
Lovebird drinking. Angry bird. Grooming Vervet Monkeys. Helmeted Guineafowl. A Brown Snake-Eagle on top of a tree with several Vultures.
First shot of a Secretary Bird. Big male Waterbuck. An old Water Buffalo. A Saddle-billed Stork. A Marabou Stork among a large colony of vultures.
A Saddle-billed Stork. You get pretty close to the wildlife here! Wildebeest in front of a herd of Elephants. Wildebeest in a watering hole. Running juvenile wildebeest.
Wildebeest mid-stride. Dwarf Mongeese on the lookout. A line up of Zebras. Wildebeest. Warthog in front of a Wildebeest.
Nursing Impala. g9/78/587478/3/153190415.q3R53RhR.jpg g9/78/587478/3/153190416.5nXCi9YD.jpg A pair of White-bellied Go-away Birds. First glimpse of a cat! Leopard has been spotted!
Coming in closer... sleepy kitteh. A second leopard in a farther tree! Sleepy Leopard. A Brown Snake-Eagle. Male Ostrich in the grass.
Male Impala. A pair of male Impala. A wider shot from an overlook. Elephant up close! Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't drag on the ground, but apparently it's almost prehensile...
Zebra up close. Lone elephant in the grass. Creepy tree full of vultures. g9/78/587478/3/153190434.PZQTpFbr.jpg g9/78/587478/3/153190435.yhTkXDEb.jpg
Elephants! Elephants! Hungry Elephant. Elephants! Um, they're flocking this way.
Heading off into the grass. Zebras staring us down. Big mashup of Zebras. Elephant giving us the stare-down. Juvenile elephant on the move!
Sometimes you gotta go great lengths to smell a butt. Baby Elephant! g9/78/587478/3/153190451.j5ykIdLG.jpg A White-bellied Go-away Bird taking flight. Ostrich.
Mother Hartebeest and a young calf. Baby elephant dwarfed by its mother. Trying to nurse. A herd heading into the marshes. A Brown Snake-eagle.
Water buffalo with a bird for an earring. Water buffalos on the run! A female Waterbuck winking at me. A Lilac-breasted Roller. Cheetah!!!!
A second Cheetah!!!! A pair of Cheetah scouting out some Impala in the distance. Cheetah. Cheetah. Cheetah!
A baby Dwarf Mongoose in the grass. A Duiker, smallest antelope. Big male Impala. Giraffe! Lilac-breasted Roller.
Giraffes in the distance. Three sizes of Elephant! This Elephant was getting his mudding on. A big herd in the riverbed. A baby still learning how to drink...

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