On our trip we didn't go with a list of must see animals, we were just looking forward to seeing the animals in the wild. Ended up we saw everything. In the first National Park, Tarangire we saw the most varied types of animals, and in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area we saw the largest herds of Wildebeests and zebras. On our last game drive in the Northern Serengeti we saw a few antelope, but more varied terrain.
Big Five
These were the five most dangerous animals to hunt.
More photos of the Big Five animals at the end of the post.
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| Lion in Tarangire NP |
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| Elephant in Tarangire NP |
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| Buffalo in Ngorongoro Crater |
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| Leopard in the Serengeti |
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| Rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater |
Stars of the Migration
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| Wildebeest in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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| Zebra in Tarangire NP |
Antelope
Many of these antelope don't join in the migration fun looking for greener pastures and water. The Dik-Dik don't even drink water getting enough moisture from the food they eat. Most of the areas we visited looked green to me, but the problem was that there was not enough water in rivers and pools for all the animals in some of the drier locations. Some of these antelope were harder to see than others, even so, after awhile you don't ask the driver to stop because the animals you spotted are just another Antelope.
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| Dik-dik have very sharp hooves and can put up quite a fight, Tarangire NP |
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| Klipspringer, Serengeti. They are rock climbers |
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| Reedbuck, Tarangire NP |
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Waterbuck it has a toilet seat marking on its ass, Tarangire NP
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| Defassa Waterbuck just has a boring white mark on its butt, Serengeti NP |
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| Impala |
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| Grant's Gazelle |
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| Thomson's Gazelle of the Programme Planning Police |
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| Hartebeest |
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| Topi, Serengeti |
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| Eland, one of the larger members of the antelope family, Ngorongoro Crater |
Cleanup crew
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| Spotted Hyena, very sinister looking when their teeth show. They always look very ratty and unkempt. |
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| Golden Jackal |
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| Black backed Jackal |
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| Vultures lunching on a Wildebeest |
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| Dung Beetle, the male provides a dung ball to prospective mates, if she likes it, he rolls a larger ball, she hops on, they did a hole and she lays eggs in the dung. |
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| Eventually all that is left |
The Rest
We always stopped for Giraffe, they are very social and interact a lot with each other. Watching them eat is also amazing, they strip the leaves off the thorny Acacia trees deftly with their long tongues and thick skinned lips. Elephants were also always entertaining, very social as well.
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| Giraffe, amazingly graceful when running, Lake Manyara NP |
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| Serval cat, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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| Cheetah, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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| Warthog |
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| Bat Eared Fox, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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| Ostrich, male |
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| Ostrich, female |
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| Hippo in the Serengeti |
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| Crocodile at the hippo pool in the Serengeti |
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| Olive Baboon, Tarangire NP |
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| Blue Monkey, Lake Manyara NP |
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| Leopard Tortoise |
Culled Photos from the big herd
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| Lake Manyara NP |
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| Lake Ndutu in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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| Tarangire NP |
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| Lake Manyara NP |
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| Serengeti NP |
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| This hippo pool smelled a bit |
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| Hungry Hungry Hippo |
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| Thin lions in Tarangire NP |
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| Full sleepy happy lion |
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| These lion see a wildebeest a distance away and decide it is too far |
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| Young Male with a snack |
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| From the tree this lion sees zebra which are close enough |
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| There is a lion closer to the zebra and she caught one of them. We didn't see it, but we were OK with that. |
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| 2 Groups of Hyena arguing in the Crater, wildebeest in the background. |
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| This hyena almost looks cute |
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| Toilet Seat Butt |
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| Impala, The marking on their butt is jokingly referred to as McDonalds for Lion |
