Tarangire

June 22

As we near Lake Burungi, we pass by these hills known in this area as the three pyramids. 3:56

Our home for two nights.

Banded mongoose near our tents at Camp Burungi. 4:30

Inside our Burungi glamp tent. 4:43

Ensuite bathroom.

Linda A, Debbie and Linda D in the infinity pool...very nice!

The next day's schedule. 4:46

A pair of Impalas on the Burungi property. 6:16pm

June 23

Elephant walking on Burungi grounds. 6:19am

Probably the same ele a bit later.

Nyegere (Swahili for honey badger) is the name of our cabin. 6:37

The outside of our cabin.

Our porch.

View of our cabin from the porch.

This video demonstrates why zebras seen moving through the grass are described as "dazzling". 7:30

Zebras in a farmers field after harvest. 7:32

This plant is known as lion's paws according to Allen. 7:34

A cotton field with a termite mound.

We stop to visit a local farm. 7:37

It's the farm of Jackson and Mary. His vision is to have better cows and to continue to improve his life. He made the drawing of the type of cow that will improve his herd.

Where they store the food he has produced for sale: Maize, sesame, beans, ground nuts (peanuts) and sun flower seeds from his 15 acre farm.

Where he stores his corn.

His corn storage.

Allen and corn crib.

Our group outside farm kitchen. 7:56

Churning butter.

Nice looking butter. He sells milk and butter to other people in the area.

Mary tending the kitchen's fire.

Group standing between the kitchen and the rest of their home. 8:02

Allen tells us the farm produces liters of cooking butter oil byproduct they sell. 8:12

Here's their new house that Jackson built next to the kitchen building. The government is adding numbers (addresses) to make houses easier to locate. (See number in yellow above door near Jackson's hand.) 8:16

A peek inside the home, we are looking at the master bedroom area.

A last look at their homestead. They have four children and a total of 11 family members living in their compound.

We say goodbye to the children. 8:23

As we drive past this really big baobab tree, we're told baobabs loose their leaves during the dry season and can live to be 3000 years old.

A bare-faced go-away-bird. 8:55

Giraffes under acacias trees has now become a typical site, but it never gets old! 9:01

Guinea fowl. 9:05

A pair of dik-diks - we learn that male and female pair for life and if one dies, the other dies soon after from heartbreak. 9:16

Common waterbuck has a distinctive white ring on its rear. 9:24

Zebras and waterbucks.

Red billed hornbill.

We stop to visit this particular Baobab tree because of it's hollowed out trunk. Poachers have been known to use the inside of baobab trees to hide and to dry meat they had illegally killed in the park. Trees with smaller entry holes could be easily overlooked. 10:20

Close up of tree hollow.

Debbie climbing into the Baobab tree.

Allen tells us about how sticks were utilized to aid in climbing up inside the tree hollow...

Looking up into the tree we see the sticks.

...Allen continues with this narrative.

Pat climbing out of the tree, while Linda and Mike wait their turn.

Group photo!

A baobab tree's fruit.

Hanging on the other side of our baobab tree is another type of weaver bird nest.

On the road again, we see Eles. 12:15

They are the earth's largest land mammals. 12:19

Eles and baby ele.

Ele with nice tusks!

Sausage tree.

We're very near the Tarangire River as we approach our lunch spot.

Greenie and Barbara here at our lunch stop - a lovely park with trees, tables, benches and vervet monkeys!

One of the monkeys shockingly raised Linda A's shirt and reached into her pants pocket to extract a banana. It happened in the blink of an eye! Close-up reveals the notable blue testicles of vervet monkeys! 1:23