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Wildlife in the Serengeti

10/03/18 | Africa, African Safari, photography, Serengeti, Tanzania, Wildlife

Hippo in the Water - Serengeti Animals

The last time we spoke about safari I shared with you some of my favoirte shots of The Lions of the Serengeti but there are some other amazing creatures in this Tanzanian National Park that I also want to share. Besides it being a lush climate and the dry season not having fully started I would credit our great animal sightings to the fact that we went on both morning and afternoon game drives so we could see a variety of animals at their usual times. Sightings included lions (which got their own post), zebras, hyenas, leopards, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, jackals, gazelles, and giraffes.  Take a look at some of my favorite shots!

Enterance to the SerengetiDeer - Serengeti AnimalsColorful Lizard - Serengeti Animals Deer Fawn - Serengeti Animals Serengeti Animals - Zebras in the RoadSerengeti Animals - Baby Fawn Serengeti Animals - Hippos in the Water Serengeti Animals Vultures Serengeti Rock Formation

Over the course of our visits to Kenya and Tanzania we visited half a dozen national parks across the two countries and more than any other park on the trip we saw a ton of giraffe in the Serengeti. Take a look at my some of the close ups I was able to capture: 

Colorful Giraffe - Serengeti AnimalsSerengeti Animals - GiraffesCute Giraffe Ears - Serengeti AnimalsSerengeti Animals - GirafeeSerengeti Animals - Giraffe EatingGiraffee Eating Leaves - Serengeti Animals

And while they are not the best photos we did get to see two leopards in a tree – one of the only ones around – who were poised for hunting.  It was beautiful to see them gracefully leap out of the tree at a split second’s notice but then we lost it in the high grass. But still really cool to see it in the trees! 

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Which of these animals is your favorite? 

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Comments

  1. Tracy says

    October 3, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    Hmm. It’s so hard for me to pick just one. It makes me so happy to see so many of these animals thriving in the wild and so glad that places are doing a good job protecting them. It’s on my bucket list to do a safari one day. For now I have to live through your photos.

  2. Courtney says

    October 3, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    The giraffe photos are my favorite by far. Whenever I go to the zoo they are the first animal I always run to go and see. I can’t imagine how spectacular it is to see them in the wild.

    How close did you get to them?

  3. Linda Hilliard says

    October 3, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    Fantastic photos capturing such an amazing opportunity to see the animals so close! Thanks for sharing!

  4. Abigail says

    October 3, 2018 at 10:32 am

    The little ears on those hippos are too cute.

    Great photos of your adventures.

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