Thomson Safaris guests, Michelle Giger and Karl Johnson share their photo slideshow of their September 2013 safari in Tanzania!

1. OUT OF AFRICA
Karl’s 65th Birthday Adventure

2. Leaving Albuquerque
Love those frequent flyer miles!

3. Rivertrees Inn
Arusha, Tanzania Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

5. Best hotel room sign ever!

8. Leaving Arusha
Off to the Eastern Serengeti Nature Refuge

21. A “kitty” footprint- a very BIG kitty

25. Eastern Serengeti camp crew

26. Nyumba - home sweet home
Camping? Not so much . . .

28. Linda and Sandra
Colorado

29. Diane and Ken
Alberta, Canada

30. Tony and Brenda (with crew member
Hussein)
Alberta, Canada

31. Rogathe Levoyo

32. Early morning bush walk

37. Lead guide Freddy with wildebeest skull

38. Surprise!!
Breakfast in the bush

39. Maasai boma visit
A boma is a settlement of circular mud and dung
homes

40. Balama (l) and Emmanuel (r)
Maasai translators

41. Corral, Maasai style

43. Maasai visit at Eastern Serengeti camp

47. Maasai storyteller

48. Visit to Sukenya Elementary School
They sang to us and we sang to them. They were
MUCH better than we were!

49. The teacher

53. Freddy’s backseat driver
Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

56. Visit to Enjipai Women’s Co-Op

58. Can you hear me now?

62. Serengeti National Park – 6000 acres

65. Northern Serengeti camp crew

67. This was Bun’s favorite nyumba

74. The Great Migration
Getting ready to leap into the Mara River

78. Wait for it . . .

79. And they’re off . . .

84. Oops…changed our minds!

85. Maybe because of this big fella . . .

86. Or this guy . . .

93. Central Serengeti camp crew

96. Serengeti sunrise balloon ride

103. Hippos (many hippos) lazing in the water

104. Our balloon pilot…really!

106. Photo: Sandra Knight

109. Serengeti groundskeepers looking for
lunch…

110. Found it!

116. Lunch in the bush with guides Freddy and
Mohammed - OJ was “checking the tires”

121. Rosi
California

123. Pride of lions – first there were nine…

124. And then this guy came along…

132. Leopard with kill

137. Tony
Alberta, Canada

143. Leaving the Serengeti for Ngorongoro

145. Dust devil

146. Rosi and George (a/k/a Babu)
California

147. Ngorongoro overlook

148. Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

149. Our last sunset in Tanzania – gorgeous!

150. THANK YOU, THOMSON SAFARIS!