Land Rovers in the Wild

On our visit to Tanzania I was surprised to find that there were Palm trees and that the landscape was more than just savannah and acacia trees. The company that we booked our safari through used Land Cruisers as did most of the other companies we had sent requests to. I knew that there would not be a lot of Land Rovers, but was also surprised at how few there were. In any case, we did see some Discoverys, Range Rovers, some older 1980s models and some very new ones. We also saw Defenders, and Series I, II and III. I saw more Rovers than the photos below, but some photos I didn't take because there were people around the vehicles and I didn't want them to think I was taking photos of them. On our brief stay in Nairobi there seemed to be markedly more Rovers, I saw 3 Series tow trucks just on the way to the hotel which was only about a 10 minute drive.

Not a Land Rover, but our home for the trip. 2 roof hatches, seats for 4 passengers, a cool box and as much bottled water as you could force down. Very smooth ride even on washboard roads doing 60kph.

The six cylinder NA diesel engine was very clean, of course I had Ammy our guide open the hood.

These 2 Rovers were in the Ngorongoro Crater

And here are some of the others on Safari in the crater with us. This is a picnic and rest area. There were a few hippos in the lake, but not much else of interest at this spot.

There are more out of the shot and only 2 Land Rovers.

These 2 were seen on our way back to the Serena Ngorongoro Lodge near the Ngorongoro Staff quarters.

The next 4 were seen in the Serengeti National Park.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society has a Regional Office in the Serengeti and has many active nature conservation projects in East Africa. You can donate here.