Leaving Ndutu we headed to my favourite place in Tanzania, the Serengeti with its magnificent kopjes. We camp in a remote location and do our safaris in areas where hardly any other vehicle goes. It’s just amazing driving through one of the most stunning African landscapes […]
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I had seldom seen the Ndutu region so lush and green, with vegetation so tall, as it was in March 2020. Finding cats in what would normally be short grass plains or open bush proved to be quite difficult. A male Lion with a full belly […]
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Being out way before sunrise means the possibility to capture great images of the pre-dawn light, which is often more special than the sunrise itself. One morning we found a small group of Ostriches climbing uphill from the river Olare Orok, silhouetting perfectly against the colorful […]
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During the two days break between trips I spent most of the time in the Rongai area looking at the female Leopard Luluka who had her cub hidden in the bushes along the river. She never took them out in those days but one evening I […]
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I spent most of the month of August in the Mara, partly on my own and partly guiding private tours. At the beginning of the month the famous Cheetah named Malaika had just come out from her den on top of the rocky hills with her […]
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My group safari to the Southern Serengeti plains started on February 5th from Arusha. We drove along the Ngorongoro Crater rim and down into the plains teeming with wild animals. In Ndutu we found a lot more wildebeests than the previous week and calving had started […]
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After a long break from updates on the blog, I am happy to present the first of hopefully a long series of photo safaris reports. The first one is from my private safari to Ngorongoro, Ndutu and Serengeti, Tanzania, from Jan 28th to Feb 4th 2016, […]
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As usual, Cheetahs are a major feature in the Ndutu area during the wet season. We encountered many females with juveniles and cubs of different ages, we saw many hunting attempts, some of which were successful. The highlight however was a gorgeous afternoon spent with a […]
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During the second half of July the weather got really chilly in the Mara. The few remaining Wildebeests proceeded heading southwest into the Mara Triangle. With my guests we caught a couple of days of beautiful river crossings. Unfortunately the spectacle is often ruined by the […]
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First week on safari for this season in the Mara. The Mara is dry with very short grass in most of the northern parts of the reserve. The wildebeest migration has made a quick appearance but in early July most animals crossed the river towards the […]
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