Author: Adam Mallon

Giraffe close-up

Giraffe & Elephant

How better to start a Tanzanian morning than an hot air balloon over the Serengeti.  Here the balloons are just beginning to be inflated.

Savannah Sunrise

Sunrise over the Serengeti from the hot air balloon

Sunbathing

We stayed in a campground with no walls or fences – just this sign to keep us safe.

Male weavers, like this Speke’s Weaver, painstakingly stitch together nests in hopes of attracting a mate with their handiwork.

An olive baboon saunters across the road under an acacia tree.

We surprised this hippo by driving between it and its waterhole, and it responded with an incredible charge, bellowing and chomping its mouth as it ran towards us, spit flying all over.