Tangarire National Park

It sucked trying to sleep to the noises of the city again. Motorcycles, people coughing and talking, people in the room above us doing it, Muslim mosque doing it's call to prayer and a horrible hour. Yuck. Give me the animal sounds of Africa back.

Breakfast at the hotel and then we headed out for Tangarire National Park, known for it's large elephant populations, more than any other in Tanzania.

Along the way we stopped in a small village and visited the market so the cook could pick up some fresh food. We got to follow him around.

On the way we stopped at a view point for a view of Lake Manaru (Manyara?)(or something?) National Park.

We arrived at Tangarire and headed for the campsite, got setup and had lunch. There is one other older couple from England staying here as well.

Tangarire is much hotter than Serengeti. Wow.

We saw lots and lots of elephants from a close distance. They dig into the dry river beds to get at water and throw dirt on themselves to help protect from the sun and insects.

The park is also known for the giant baobab trees. During the dry season, they look like they're planted upside down.

Back the campsite and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon and talk with the British couple. They've done safaris all across Africa, and they feel the campsites in Tanzania are some of the most neglected, not nearly up to the standards as the ones in southern Africa.

During the night there were lots of amazing animal noises again, including an animal that had a god awful, low growls very close to the campground. Very vicious and aggressive. Tracy burst awake shitting herself. She thought it was a large baboon being aggressive at the humans in the campground, and was errified to go outside. Later, after the sun came up, we found out that it was nothing more than an impala.

I have to say, I love sleeping with all the animal noises. Loud and quiet, I'm going to miss it and it seem to be very relaxing to me.

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