One last safari

4 weeks and counting until the end of my 10 month Fulbright grant. This year has flown by and I feel like I am just getting started! Last week, I sold my Escudo and my lovely research tent :( so I took it as an opportunity to spring for one last proper safari. I met some new friends through my neighbors who were all booked for a 5 day safari to Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngoronoro Crater and invited me to join them!

We camped for 5 nights to the sounds of lions, hyenas, zebras & buffalo around our tents, woke up early for game drives and saw a lot of amazing wildlife! No matter how many times I go on safari, seeing elephants or giraffes or any African wildlife in person is a deeply moving experience.

Get ready for safari!!!! This industry is very funny to me, people get all geared up in their khaki cargoes, hiking boots and bucket hats just to sit in the car all day! I go in jeans & flip flops..

Sleepy leopard in TarangireRed & Yellow BarbetElephants against the iconic Baobab trees of TarangireLions underneath perfectly shaped Acacia tree in the Serengeti

Topi & a JackrabbitSunrise Balloon over SerengetiMale & Female Lion during mating seasonyoung HyenaBaboon in a Yellow AcaciaSunrise over the Simba Campsite, Ngorongoro HighlandsFlamingos in the alkaline lake inside the craterZebra dust bathvery young lion cubs in the craterexhausted mamaHippos & white egrets against the crater forestYoung maleRare glimpse of a Rhino in the distance