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Petrified Forest

I talked about the desert elephants and how rare they’re to see, as i noticed a car parking next to the gravel road. And yes, the couple in that car spotted two elephant bulls roaming in nearby bush. Along the road we’ve been lucky with more attractions as a black cobra, once alive since there are many dead snakes on the road, more of the unique welwitschia plants or huge termite hills.

A guide explained the origin of the wood and how it came many thousands years ago down to Nambia, covered by mud and clay and turned slowly to minerals and stone. The colors, the structure of the bark and even the year rings look still like the wood, but if you touch it you feel cold, hard stone.

Mai 12, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, animal, flower, landscape, Nambia, nature, reportage, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: adventure, Africa, elephant, forest, landscape, namibdummies, namibia, nature, Offroad, ontheroad, overland, people, petrifiedforest, portraits, reportage, safari, snake, Travel, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

wildlife tour serengeti/ngorogoro crater

Despite the high costs, visiting the Serengeti plains and the Ngorogoro crater was considered as a Must. Travel with my Landrover wasn’t affordable, so i booked a tour by group. With bad maintenanced cars we drove the long was from Arusha into Serengeti area. First rule; never trust the words of a tour agencies. I’m not gonna start a list of all false promises and failures this overpriced tour brought me, but just tell you, that there was no tour group at all, which get what they told them.

The wildlife, landscape and experience of „real Africa“ was given. The following pics was chosen in a hurry. Sorry for not editing (at all), but just put it on my blog. I hope you still enjoy and get an idea about Serengeti and Ngorogoro Crater

April 6, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, animal, landscape, nature, reportage, tanzania, travel, UncategorizedTags: 4x4, adventure, Africa, animals, landscape, nature, ngorogoro, overland, people, reportage, safari, serengeti, tanzania, tour, Travel, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park

On early morning we spotted a zebra with a big, fresh wound. Certainly from a recently predators attack. It looks still strong and wanders with the herd. A young elephant had less luck. Five lions killed it and have a big feast when we arrived at that spot. We weren’t there alone for long as more and more safari vehicle found out about. Lucky we had a fine view from our place.

Frühmorgens entdeckten wir ein humpelndes Zebra in einer Herde. Auf der hinteren Flanke klaffte eine grosse, frische Wunde. Offensichtlich entging es diesen Morgen einem Angriff nur knapp. Weniger Glück hatte das Elephantenkalb, das bereits von fünf Löwen ausgeweidet wurde. Nach dem Festmahl, umstellt von mehreren „Safari“-Fahrzeugen, legten sie sich satt und schwer in die Büsche.