Tanzania 2018 - Antelope & Wildebeest

Tanzania March 2018 - Antelopes and Wildebeest

As mentioned on Page 1, I am splitting the photos by type of animal this time around. Please click on the following links to see the page you'd like to view:

wildebeest

There was quite a lot of wildebeest around - not as many as we'd seen on other trips perhaps but still a fair number. Kevin explained that the change in the rain pattern had unsettled them so they weren't sure where to go next.

There were a few Grant's gazelle around and about - the cheetahs that we spent Wednesday afternoon with had their eye on a small herd of them (but we didn't see them chasing them, let along catching one!)

There were also the usual impala around - lovely, graceful creatures.

We also saw a couple of tiny steinbok - such delicate little animals.

thompson

Some of the Thompson's gazelle were quite active - not sure what they were running away from.

wildebeest

Wildebeest calves are quite cute. This one wasn't with its mum - it was with a few male wildebeest instead but there were quite a few other wildebeest around so hopefully one of those was mum and they were reunited quite quickly.

Two "new" species (for this holiday) for Day 7:

1. a bushbuck on the left

2. a klipspringer in the centre and on the right.

hartebeest

We also saw more hartebeest than we'd seen up to this point and a couple of topi.

jackal and grants

This golden jackal was clearly in the wrong place as far as the Grant's gazelle was concerned - so he was seen off!

hartebeest

Lovely to see some Hartebeest calves

thompsons

Also lovely to see some baby Thompson's gazelles

thomsons

Thompson's Gazelle getting their morning exercise

thompsons

topi

I think this might be the closest we have ever been to a topi.

thompson

These two Thompson gazelles were putting on a very amusing show!

Tanzania March 2018 - Antelopes and Wildebeest
As mentioned on Page 1, I am splitting the photos by type of animal this time around. Please click on the following links to see the page you'd like to view:
Big Cats	Zebras and Giraffes	Elephants
Antelopes and Wildebeest	Birds	Warthogs and Hyenas
Hippos & Buffalo	Other Wildlife	Mini Videos
There was quite a lot of wildebeest around - not as many as we'd seen on other trips perhaps but still a fair number. Kevin explained that the change in the rain pattern had unsettled them so they weren't sure where to go next.

Whilst there might have been fewer wildebeest, there were more dikdik than I'd ever seen before. There were also more eland but they seemed more nervous than the dikdik even though they are a lot bigger.



	There were a few Grant's gazelle around and about - the cheetahs that we spent Wednesday afternoon with had their eye on a small herd of them (but we didn't see them chasing them, let along catching one!)
There were also the usual impala around - lovely, graceful creatures.
We also saw a couple of tiny steinbok - such delicate little animals.
Steinbok	Steinbok	Grant's Gazelle

	We came across a whole load of Grant's gazelle on Day 4, a few Hartebeest and a herd of Thompson's gazelle.

Some of the Thompson's gazelle were quite active - not sure what they were running away from.		Wildebeest calves are quite cute. This one wasn't with its mum - it was with a few male wildebeest instead but there were quite a few other wildebeest around so hopefully one of those was mum and they were reunited quite quickly.


	Impala	Impala
These dikdik looked very wet (Day 6 rained all day!)
Two "new" species (for this holiday) for Day 7: 1. a bushbuck on the left 2. a klipspringer in the centre and on the right.

	We also saw more hartebeest than we'd seen up to this point and a couple of topi.

	Although we had a few bachelor male impala come into camp at Dunia, the females were a bit more elusive but there were quite a few of them around.	This golden jackal was clearly in the wrong place as far as the Grant's gazelle was concerned - so he was seen off!
Lovely to see some Hartebeest calves
		Also lovely to see some baby Thompson's gazelles
	Steinbok - trying hard not to show his face but curiosity got the better of him in the end.	Thompson's Gazelle getting their morning exercise
I think this might be the closest we have ever been to a topi.		These two Thompson gazelles were putting on a very amusing show!
Big Cats	Zebras and Giraffes	Elephants
Antelopes and Wildebeest	Birds	Warthogs and Hyenas
Hippos & Buffalo	Other Wildlife	Mini Videos
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