Tarangire

Another day in Tarangire, only an hour and a half away from Arusha. Its a perfect one day trip and you feel as though you were gone for days. Some friends were in town and their luck was incredible. Lions are seen in Tarangire, but often times the predators are hard to spot. Our one day trip saw three big prides of lion from about 15-23 lions deep. This group had virgin safari luck and it was a great beginning to their journey into the bush. This trip we saw a big elephant carcass, must have been a couple of weeks old with the skin still on the bones and skull. Scavengers had already eaten whatever flesh remained, and it had a powerful odor.
Not sure if the elephant had been killed or died a natural death? Other elephants continued to roam and eat with the usual Tarangire backdrop of palm trees. Most lions this day were lazy and some young cubs were active, but extremely secretive and well protected by their mother. The amount of game in the park was noticeably huge. A lot of the herds were still in the park and the grassland plains were thriving with grazing animals. This time of year, November is great to see game. Another great day in Tarangire National Park...