Africa - Endless Plains

joe1980 · 13th August 2010, 18:24

With so much people coming as a safari tourists, we do not know who entertains who

By the way, which country in Africa is this? At least once in a lifetime, we should visit this!

dwaraka · 13th August 2010, 21:28

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Originally Posted by tomtom

its serengeti in Tanzania....yup its a road to eternity but wait till u see the jam

yes gentlemen, Africa it is.One for the bucket list i guess. will try and post some details later till then enjoyy the photos.Ta

that's wonderful pictures. Yes it is on my bucket list too. Hope to see more wild animals here than in city zoo.

Joy · 13th August 2010, 23:44

@Tomtom: Why make these poor souls waking all night? Please continue and post some photos. Dying to see it? Excellent.

I love wildlife. I want more. Please, please continue.

tomtom · 16th August 2010, 15:31

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Originally Posted by Joy

@Tomtom: Why make these poor souls waking all night? Please continue and post some photos. Dying to see it? Excellent.

I love wildlife. I want more. Please, please continue.

sorry for not letting u sleep,,, had been away to the edinburgh festival,maybe will put some photos of that later.posting some more photos asap

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Originally Posted by joe1980

With so much people coming as a safari tourists, we do not know who entertains who

eggxxaactly

By the way, which country in Africa is this? At least once in a lifetime, we should visit this!

Tanzania

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Originally Posted by srishiva

The animals should be quite used to people watching them.

For the lions, it looks like they are in a resort with food wandering around if they feel hungry.
it does look like that at times especially in ngorongoro as the population of the herbivores is quite high but the competition within the carnivores is equally fierce.especially b/w the the lions and the hyenas..

Great photos, if you could just add information about how your travel started with prices, it would be jolly good.

we travelled from manchester and then via heathrow (london) by kenyan airways to nairobi and then on a small plane to arusha in tanzania.ithink i have mentioned the prices before.

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Originally Posted by Jayabusa

@tomtom: Spectacular pics!
BTW is it just the pic or is that Land Rover dangerously close to the African elephant?

yup just a mock charge and then it did the same to our vehicle.

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Originally Posted by lsp

@Tomtom
Lovely pics man!! Africa is one helluva beautiful place whether it is Serengeti or Masai Mara or Kruger National Park and many many more places.

Please google your memory and put a writeup and let us live the experience vicariously.
not too good at writing down i2m afraid so just enjoyy the photos.

Can you also please upload any videos you have from the trip. Oh btw, check out the 'Battle at Kruger' which is an amateur wildlife video.
have seen that video in NG TV as well.we just saw some lionesses stalking a wildebeest in terms of any action..otherwise it was pretty regular stuff..

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Originally Posted by StarVegabond

..wonderful, better late than never, even after 3+ years the pictures are time im-memorial.

You seems to have really slept with the animals or in other words, a glorious action filled night with animals

that is how a safari should be, just reading about it is exciting, i can imagine how the real experience would be.

thanks for sharing these details, can you post some details about the travel arranger, contact numbers (if you still have them) etc.

sleeping with the animals ..hmmmm let me see ...luckily none came too near although could hear them nearby..was not allowed to sleep by wifey as she was afraid that my snoring will bring the animals to our tent

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Originally Posted by mjothi

Beautiful. I am sure you had a wonderful time with those friends

yes i did
Ya, we need narration. Whats happening in the 041.jpg pics? Is that person hanging on something?
on a dandaa i guess

The 020.jpg reminds of the Kaadhala song from Avvai Sanmughi !!

This thread needs rating , definitely. Done!

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Originally Posted by fazalaliadil

You've got it all from dancing Masai-dueling Gazelles-migrating Wildebeests-Cape Buffalo-Elephants-Giraffe-Hippo-Zebra-Flamingo-Caribu stork-Cheetah and Lions-the beautiful African landscape and sunset.

Nice photographs and travelogue just out of the African Animal Encyclopedia.

Thanks for sharing.

ur welcome..

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prasadee · 16th August 2010, 22:37

Those are some amazing pics. A trip to S. Africa for the world cup, combined with a safari like this would have been so awesome, but never executed on that plan. I kick myself every time I see such beautiful pics of all these animals.
Thanks for sharing.

whitesquall · 17th August 2010, 12:18

Man, you are getting too many warnings and edits from the mods. Please stick to the rules of the forum. We don't want to see a sudden end to this lovely thread.

ambivalent_98 · 17th August 2010, 13:12

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
I liked the one where there is a long line of "safari" vehicles.

ampere · 17th August 2010, 15:07

Amazing ones. They look great in wilderness.

WDM007 · 24th August 2010, 17:34

Hey dude ! Please come back & complete the travelogue.

This is not fair! Eagerly waiting for the posts!

tomtom · 24th August 2010, 18:14

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Originally Posted by WDM007

Hey dude ! Please come back & complete the travelogue.

This is not fair! Eagerly waiting for the posts!

hey ,just trying to sort out some more photos which are in a differnt disk.will post soon.Ta

ExtremeTorque · 25th August 2010, 15:46

Like i said before, excellent photo's there, Tomtom! With your permission and no intent of hijacking your thread, i am posting a few pics i got in a mail forward today (for the benifit of our photo hungry crowd, including me

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Cheers,
Arun

Here are the wildlife photography taken by the photographer Hannes Lochner. Hannes Lochner is from South Africa. The photographer spent nearly 800 days in the Kalahari desert to take these photos. He published these images in his book called Colors Of Kalahari

MX6 · 25th August 2010, 15:57

Excellent photos there ET. Thanks for sharing. And I'd also appreciate those email forwards! You have my Email ID anyway!

ExtremeTorque · 25th August 2010, 16:01

oh yeah! i totally forgot. Just added your ID to my DL.

MohsinRoadster · 25th August 2010, 16:14

Awsome pics!! Absolutely proffessional stuff!!

khoj · 25th August 2010, 17:13

So, the quick brown fox did indeed jump over the lazy dog. A visual treat indeed and trust there is more to come from tomtom too.

13th August 2010, 18:24	#46
joe1980 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Andromeda Posts: 336 Thanked: 155 Times	With so much people coming as a safari tourists, we do not know who entertains who By the way, which country in Africa is this? At least once in a lifetime, we should visit this!
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Joy BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 305 Thanked: 25 Times	@Tomtom: Why make these poor souls waking all night? Please continue and post some photos. Dying to see it? Excellent. I love wildlife. I want more. Please, please continue.
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prasadee BANNED Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 569 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	Those are some amazing pics. A trip to S. Africa for the world cup, combined with a safari like this would have been so awesome, but never executed on that plan. I kick myself every time I see such beautiful pics of all these animals. Thanks for sharing.
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whitesquall BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore/Gulbarga Posts: 167 Thanked: 34 Times	Man, you are getting too many warnings and edits from the mods. Please stick to the rules of the forum. We don't want to see a sudden end to this lovely thread.
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ambivalent_98 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune-Bangalore Posts: 807 Thanked: 203 Times	Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing. I liked the one where there is a long line of "safari" vehicles.
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ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,952 Thanked: 12,944 Times View My Garage	Amazing ones. They look great in wilderness.
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WDM007 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Beaverton, USA Posts: 236 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Hey dude ! Please come back & complete the travelogue. This is not fair! Eagerly waiting for the posts!
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ExtremeTorque BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 379 Thanked: 20 Times	Source: Colors Of Kalahari By Hannes Lochner Like i said before, excellent photo's there, Tomtom! With your permission and no intent of hijacking your thread, i am posting a few pics i got in a mail forward today (for the benifit of our photo hungry crowd, including me ) Cheers, Arun Here are the wildlife photography taken by the photographer Hannes Lochner. Hannes Lochner is from South Africa. The photographer spent nearly 800 days in the Kalahari desert to take these photos. He published these images in his book called Colors Of Kalahari Attached Thumbnails Attached Images
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MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	Excellent photos there ET. Thanks for sharing. And I'd also appreciate those email forwards! You have my Email ID anyway!
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ExtremeTorque BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 379 Thanked: 20 Times	oh yeah! i totally forgot. Just added your ID to my DL.
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MohsinRoadster BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 301 Thanked: 31 Times	Awsome pics!! Absolutely proffessional stuff!!
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khoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dilli Posts: 2,718 Thanked: 1,287 Times View My Garage	So, the quick brown fox did indeed jump over the lazy dog. A visual treat indeed and trust there is more to come from tomtom too.
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