This trip was my first time out of North America. I had run into a friend at a class reunion who was working on a novel. She was looking to put together a group of people to travel to Africa and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to help her prepare and research for the book. For various reasons, we switched from climbing Kili to a safari instead. A co-worker had asked if I was taking a camera and I said yes I had a small camera I was bringing with me. She suggested that I should buy a better camera and I took her up on her advice. These pictures were taken on a camera that was unfamiliar to me at the time that I had owned for less than a week. I was surprised when I returned back to the states and saw that the images I captured were better than anything I had ever captured before and thus the photo bug bit hard.

Our transport for the safari

First animals we saw in Africa

First animals we saw in Africa

First animals we saw in Africa

First animals we saw in Africa

Zebra, Giraffe and Warthog

Black-and-white colobus monkey

Mt Meru

Water Buffalo, one of the deadliest animals in the world

Giraffes above the tree tops.

Zebras on a hillside

Karibu (Welcome) to Momela Lodge

Momela Wildlife Lodge Hut

Spectacular sunrise with Kili

Sunrise on Mt Meru

Sunrise on Mt Meru

Water Buffalo Horn

Mt Meru is a 14er near Kilimanjaro

Two Headed Giraffe

Fish Eagle

Flamingoes reflecting in a lake

Morning sunrise from the cabin lighting up Kilimanjaro

Waterfall

We went into a village and ended up buying bananas.

Kilimanjaro Sunrise

Kilimanjaro in the morning before the clouds move in.

Giraffe outside of hut at Momela Wildlife Lodge

If you like these pictures and want to see more images taken at the same time, visit my Flickr album Arusha National Park.