This is a picture of the forests of Lake Manyara National Park. Some parts of the park are very dense and feel like a rainforest. This is where we observed the majority of baboon troops we saw for DR data collection. We never saw any predators here but it was one of my favorite parks because it was so pretty. There were a lot of sections that were very open and dry and African like, but the extra foresty parts were really cool.
This is Lake Manyara National Park's Serena hotel. Every park we have been to has had a Serena hotel. We've been to the Amboseli, Tsavo, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara Serenas. These are the lodges we go to for lunch buffets, drinks and swimming. This hotel was definitely the prettiest. In the background you can see Lake Manyara National Park. The dark green is the park forest and then the blue and light green is Lake Manyara. The edge of the pool is just at the top of the Manyara escarpment, so its a beautiful view looking out over the park. Inside the lodge is also gorgeous. Living in Africa for three months has made us all really, reallly appreciate the good food and elegant atmosphere the lodges provide. They are always a really nice break from the regular African food and tents!
One day during our DR data collection we were in the village looking for baboons troops. We were driving through a small part of the village, that was basically like a small neighborhood, and one man told us he knew where baboons like to hang out. He led us to his house and then we got out of our Land Cruiser and walked through some trees and bushes to get to his yard. Behind his house was a huge banana plantation/forest/farm. Every direction we looked was just banana trees. They were so pretty, and really cool! The trees looked very tropical. Above is a picture of a bunch of bananas. Each bunch had a large purple flower that would grow out from the fruit. The bananas in the picture aren't ripe yet, they are supposed to be yellow, buttt we do have green and red bananas here in Tanzania that we eat a lot. We only had the green ones in Kenya. They are small and less firm and a little sweeter than normal, and the red ones are huge and taste kinda different, but they are hard to explain. SO anyway, after trecking through the gorgeous banana trees we got to more woods and saw some baboons playing high in the trees. They were much more skittish than park baboons so they stayed too far away for us to record any observations, but it was a lot of fun to see them in the village woods.
Rows of Banana trees.
Chelsea and me in the Banana Forest.
This is a picture of the forests of Lake Manyara National Park. Some parts of the park are very dense and feel like a rainforest. This is where we observed the majority of baboon troops we saw for DR data collection. We never saw any predators here but it was one of my favorite parks because it was so pretty. There were a lot of sections that were very open and dry and African like, but the extra foresty parts were really cool.
This is Lake Manyara National Park's Serena hotel. Every park we have been to has had a Serena hotel. We've been to the Amboseli, Tsavo, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara Serenas. These are the lodges we go to for lunch buffets, drinks and swimming. This hotel was definitely the prettiest. In the background you can see Lake Manyara National Park. The dark green is the park forest and then the blue and light green is Lake Manyara. The edge of the pool is just at the top of the Manyara escarpment, so its a beautiful view looking out over the park. Inside the lodge is also gorgeous. Living in Africa for three months has made us all really, reallly appreciate the good food and elegant atmosphere the lodges provide. They are always a really nice break from the regular African food and tents!
One day during our DR data collection we were in the village looking for baboons troops. We were driving through a small part of the village, that was basically like a small neighborhood, and one man told us he knew where baboons like to hang out. He led us to his house and then we got out of our Land Cruiser and walked through some trees and bushes to get to his yard. Behind his house was a huge banana plantation/forest/farm. Every direction we looked was just banana trees. They were so pretty, and really cool! The trees looked very tropical. Above is a picture of a bunch of bananas. Each bunch had a large purple flower that would grow out from the fruit. The bananas in the picture aren't ripe yet, they are supposed to be yellow, buttt we do have green and red bananas here in Tanzania that we eat a lot. We only had the green ones in Kenya. They are small and less firm and a little sweeter than normal, and the red ones are huge and taste kinda different, but they are hard to explain. SO anyway, after trecking through the gorgeous banana trees we got to more woods and saw some baboons playing high in the trees. They were much more skittish than park baboons so they stayed too far away for us to record any observations, but it was a lot of fun to see them in the village woods.
Rows of Banana trees.
Chelsea and me in the Banana Forest.
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