Dwellers of Tanganyika [part 1]
The scene is Tanzania, specifically Tarangire National park and Serengeti. I recently did a little safari there that had me in the midst of all these country dwellers. I got to be within 10 meters of this giant elephant that was upset at a group of tourists that was talking loud and taking pictures so he charged, my heart skipped. More for fear than bravery, I just sat down and kept shooting(those photos you shall see later). One of the days while walking in the evening from dinner to my room, a buffalo is chilling on the road, I bargained for a minute on whether he would notice me but decided not to bargain and went back to dinner till I found some braver(or stupider) men to walk with.
All in all it was a lovely experience that I hope you shall enjoy via these few photos.
I even met up with Moto Moto, but he was too hot(literally) to hang out with me.
That’s all for today folk. Have a lovely weekend.
there goes the depressed elephant. :D
That’s how they look hungry :)
Maybe the elephant is just deep in thought! ( Thats what Mrs. B. Thinks)
The heart-beasts (or is it wildebeests) shot with the foothill in the background….me likey!!!
Incredible photos of vistas and animals I’ll probably never witness firsthand — which makes me so grateful I was able to experience this through your Freshly Pressed post.
Congratulations!
Mikalee
Breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic. Thanks for letting me take this “trip”.:)
Beautiful photographs! Cheers and thanks for sharing these….
Your pictures are amazing- the zebras are my favorite :) It looks like a wonderful trip!
Beautiful photos!
From Argentina to Africa! I´m so happy I´ve found this blog; super rated!
great pics :D
Its not depressed at all – tis just deep in thought !
The Elephant – that is .
Incredible stuff!!!
Cool shots!
Nice photos !
Great photo’s and has bought back fantastic memories of the beautiful time I spent in Africa a few years back
plasmic shots! you rock my think-tank, matua matheka! thanks for sharing.
Incredible photos! Thanks for sharing and congrats on being Freshly Pressed.
Absolutely stunning photographs. I enjoy the way you lovingly photographed the animals. Their wisdom comes through in their eyes. I’m going to follow this blog.
Wow!!! These are breathtaking photos. I especially love the one of the giraffe and the close up on the elephant. Beautiful work totally deserving of Freshly Pressed status!
Beautiful photos of gorgeous animals. You really made it seem like you can reach out and touch them, I particularily love the elephant. I will keep my eye out for the elephant charging series as well, sounds exciting!
Amazing photos. It’s easy to forget that places this beautiful exist.
Wow, your photographs are amazing. I hope I get a chance to go on a safari and see such incredible sights with my own eyes one day. Until then, I’ll ‘travel’ through your beautiful images. Thanks for sharing and congrats on being freshly pressed – you deserve it, with such talent!
So beautiful!!
Wow, I’m amazed by the beautiful pictures. I’m speechless. Can I save the one with the elephants as my background on my laptop? I’m actually very fond off elephants, so that’s why. :)
Hi Linn. Yes you can use them. I do invade have a post called ‘Wallpaper Monday’ for that exact thing. 2 weeks ago the wallpaper was an elephant
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Incredible pictures, really stunning! Cant wait to reblog it!
This makes me miss Tarangire so much and Tanzania!!!! Beautiful pictures
GREAT PICTURES!!!!!
wow!!! I want to go! great photos!
Amazing pictures.. you have a talent for shooting in the wild.. :-D
amazing pictures!!! i enjoy looking at them. one day i hope to travel to Tanzania to go check out the land and the animals that belong to the land. i have one question tho…. how long did it take you to get the right shot of the animals you have on your blog?
– Chase
Hey Chase. It’s a wonderful place. I do hope you get to visit. I also wish I could say I stayed long waiting for the perfect shot. I was with a group of tourists & unfortunately we couldn’t stay too long at one spot. God led my lens I suppose. Some I got, some I didn’t. I would actually want to go alone with better equipment and time and shoot without rushing
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These photos bring back so many memories for me. I have been there. Amazing place. The Congo was incredible as well. Fantastic blog and incredibly great photos. Keep up the great work! Angelique
Most excellent!!! Love the temperature and compositions.
James
jaw dropping photos! very envious of your safari =)
Amazing opportunity & amazing photos!
Cheers
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Thanks so much for this post! It is a nice preview of what I have in store for my trip to the Serengeti in March. If you have any tips, let me know!
Stacey, thanks. Do enjoy your trip because the Serengeti is a lovely place. If you can, do early morning safaris, sunrise or sunset. The light is beautiful then. Or make sure to be watching the sunset with a sundowner
Kind regards,
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Incredible shots. I visited Kenya this summer and saw this firsthand for myself as well. Seeing your photos made my heart skip a beat. Thank you.
Beautiful photos!
Man, you are great! Congratulations!
amazing! I love Masai Mara. Uvoo waku we…
Beautiful images, I like the cross-processed effect!
Beautiful photographs! African wildlife is fascinating.
You have talent. I will subscribe
How exciting to see these wonders of creation! Those of us who love animals and their innate intelligence cannot help but love your images!
absolutely inspiring
Your photography is absolutely stunning! You’ve gained a new subscriber!
Outstanding. You have great talent.
I ;ove this wonderful place. Your photos bring back the memories of the Safari on the Masai mara. isn’t it amazing that, while one can photograph the animals so well as you have done, but the feeling of the vastness and majesty of the place can only be expierienced first hand.
Correctly put Maggie. Nothing beats first hand experience
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I love this wonderful place. Your photos bring back the memories of the Safari on the Masai mara. isn’t it amazing that, while one can photograph the animals so well as you have done, but the feeling of the vastness and majesty of the place can only be expierienced first hand.
Soo jealous, I wanna be there! :P Your pictures are amazing, especially that shot of the hippo’s eye!
Some of this most vivid photos I’ve seen on wordpress! excellent work!
Great work…I especially like the elephants and zebras. And tourists are so annoying!
Wow ! You have lovely photography skills, and the clicks are so vivid. Would love to visit the place. Great job done !
I am so in love with the first black and white zebra photo — splendid!
the quality of photos are so nice, thank you
This is very beautiful in the world of wildlife to see.
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One day I want to take my son to see this part of Africa .. in the meantime, I’ll just sit here and love your photos. Gorgeous work. Thank you.
Super Brave Super Bad, those shots are incredible.
Good stuff bro
You really have done a great work.
Like your pics and the wild nature.
thanks for your sharing. :)
Nice pics. I didn’t like all pics but those of monkeys and herds are awesome.
These photo’s are stunning! Did you take them all? I notice there is no copyright on your blog stating that they are your work. Please put a copyright statement on your blog. Thanks. :)
All mine Adeeyoyo. There is a copyright statement bottom left footer
Kind regards,
Mutua Matheka, Designer & Photographer.
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Thank you Mutua! I must be blind this morning (the sun is actually shining for a change). Congratulations on your wonderful work.
That’s ok. Here in Kenya the sun is actually not shinning today for a change. Dull indoor day. Thanks & have a good day
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To observe the wild life by your own eyes must be fantastic!!! Hope to travel around REAL animals like you one day.
I wish to see more innovative pictures from you expert hands and eyes. And I hope you would not disappoint me:) Good luck in your adventures.
Well I do hope not to disappoint you Doctor :)
Kind regards,
Mutua Matheka, Designer & Photographer.
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Very beautiful photos, with a sense of proportion and light effect. Very nice.
Incredible photographs thanks so much for sharing!
The zebra is especially beautiful! Thank you for sharing. :)
Now this right here is one of the most deserved FRESHLY PRESSED editions out of Africa…you got this one right, FP!!!!! CONGRATS.
These are insane!! Wow, wow, wow.
Toutes mes félicitations pour ces si belles photos que l’on ne se lasse pas d’admirer ! Elles transmettent une sensation de paix et de bien-être.
Incredible photos! I’m actually planning on going to Kenya in june to work at an orphanage close to Nakuru. Maybe then I even get the chance to take a day or two off and go see these animals for myself. Would be an amazing experience! Wonderful photography! Thank you for giving me an insight in what might be waiting ahead!
Hey. Well if you shall be in Nakuru then you are lucky because Lake Nakuru & Lake Naivasha(less than 1hr away) have some amazing national parks in Kenya. Be sure to check em out
Kind regards,
Mutua Matheka, Designer & Photographer.
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Wow! Your photographs are amazing! Its inspired me to pick up my dslr thats been tucked away a little too long! Ive been lazy and using a point and shoot to take pictures of my children….
Absolutely fantastic photography. Just loved the color and tones. The animals are incredible. Wonderful work. Great blog.
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Tanzania’s hot!!!
Remarkable photos! . . . You just made my day. Thank you for sharing, and congrats on being “Freshly Pressed”!!
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Fantastic picture
awesome
very very nice photos! keep up the good work!
i like your behance portfolio too :D
The zebra shots are amazing– oh, and that moto comment was hilarious. Great photos, really. I am so glad you got freshly pressed. Cheers.
This is awesomely wonderful! :)
Absolutely AMAZING Photographs! :)
Beautiful pictures. i visited Africa last year and fell head over heals in love with the country as soon as my feet hit the ground.
Those are really spectacular. Thank you for posting. I went to Tanzania a few years ago and this has inspired me to blog about it. (htp://alysonchadwick.com) Thank you!
omg, wow, these photos are so beautiful! I’ve always wanted to see an elephant close-up and the last photo just gave me a slight impression on how it might be…
Wow, I love this! Your photos are amazing – makes me want to go!
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Love the photos. I came here through the FreshlyPressed link. I love Tanzania, and seeing these makes me want to go back.
I especially love the ones of the wildebeest that look old and worn, like they really are from another time.
Great photos – and my fave is the last one!
AJ
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I have friends in Dadoma, and Tanzania is dear to me. Thank you for reminding me how special this place is.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos. Connie
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Beautiful work. Love the composition and colors
Amazing. Zebras and Giraffes are among my favorite animals, and you photograph them beautifully here. Thanks!
Absolutely stunning photos. Zebras are my favourite animal and they look amazing here.
Wow! I’ve always wanted to go to Africa, and these photos make me want to hop on a plane. I especially love the close up shot of the elephant. Absolutely stunning!
These pictures make me feel like I’m there!
Its beautiful :)
Beautiful and inspiring photographs! I was going to go to Africa earlier this summer but it fell through hopefully someday I will though! Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
Beautiful nature! Beautiful picture!
Wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing.
Loved the zebras. Beautiful photographs.
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Thank you – amazing.
brother you’re pics are so amazing!
Your verbiage nicely framed your stellar shots. I love the elephant close-up!
Love the pictures. The elephant’s eyelashes are so poetic and soulful by themselves. Thanks much…
These photos are absolutely stunning.
Awesome pictures. I especially love the photo of the Zebra.
Wow….I like it, I like it. I love Afrika’s wild life!! :D
I’m going to press this to my blog, if you don’t mind? ;)
Thanks so much. ;D
Stunning photos! Thank you for bringing my eyes a little closer to the beauty of these animals!
stunning work! I studied abroad in Zanzibar and loved seeing these amazing animals in Mikumi National park. Thanks for sharing!
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wonderful site…….
I’m breathless. Since you’ve been freshly pressed, you’ll never get around to answering all the comments. Just go with the flow. I’ll be back.
excellent photos! I admire your efforts.
Actually nice pictures!
Great photos. Beautiful place.
beautiful Tanzania and photos. :)
Nice Photos
Wonderful wonderful! Congrats on being freshly pressed.
Kind regards, Ilse
really great pictures! Always great to see a fellow nikon shooter, killing it with their shots! I could learn a lot from photographers like you!
Lol. Thanks Sarah. You a nikonite too. Rock on .\m/
Kind regards,
Mutua Matheka, Designer & Photographer.
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Nice photography. Love Africa.
Hi Mutua :-) These pictures are so awesome!
Fantastic! Serengeti is incredible!
Beautiful…and your commentary is so funny!
Fucking brilliant photography.
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Beautiful post
Fuck amazed.
Amazing wildlife pictures!!
The English language needs more superlatives; how can I express the beauty and awe of the place that houses so many wonderful creatures without sounding trite? I love your blog, your pictures, your writing.
Ronnie
Ronnie, your comment made me laugh. I even had to read it out loud to make sense of it all.
Kind regards,
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Great shots I love the Elephants under the trees spectacular as well as the baboons, I recently went to durban and was lucky to go to a game reserve, no big five though, its all in my blog.
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Kudos to you Mutua these photos rock.
Very interesting life you live…..and the pictures were very good, of course interesting in detail….good work…
I loved your pics!!! Congratulations!
Great work! Love the closing shot of the elephant. Congrats on getting ‘pressed’!
Amazing pictures! Love the one of the hippopotamus! It looks great in black and white! :)
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congrats on freshly pressed! these are magnificent photos!
wow. your pictures are amazing…glad adee sent me over…
Wow! Incredible pictures! I loved the Giraffe and the Elephant close up shots! What I like about your pictures is that the lens captures the most miniscule details, making you feel as if you were right there face to face with the Giraffe or standing side by side with the Elephant! Great job!
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Stunning….
Jambo, Mutua! Habari? Thanks for taking us on safari…wonderful photography…love the giraffe! :grin:
I love your photography, these photos you have shared here are stunning! I especially like the close up of the elephant’s face. I wish you well.
Beautiful experience and photos! Voted up. Great job.
Hi man.
Thanks for share these wonderful photography.
Some these turned my desktop wallpaper.
You are seriously talented. Really stunning photos. Breathtaking.
Beautiful photos. It reminds me of how powerful Our God made all of this. This animals help balance our nature. I love this photos. Thanks for sharing.
Exactly as I have imgained the Afrian Plains to be. Widl and Beautiful! Thank you for hte moment away from home. Look like shots I would have taken myself. GReat FP choice!!!
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Brilliant work. This is all so beautiful.
Stunning pictures. How very brave of you to take them hehe ;)
Absolutely gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing. We want to go!
WOW!!! These are amazing pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful scenery. Great job on the post as well as being freshly pressed!!! Keep up the good work!!
Wow, amazing photography. I could only imagine what you could do if you lived in my beach community Laguna Beach, Ca. Also, thank you for allowing me to experience the animals of Africa.
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Incredible pictures! I love nature and animals! :)
Fabulous pictures.. one day, I am going to visit Kenya and rest of Africa. I just love that continent. Thanks for sharing the wonderful shots.. I am going to keep track of your blog. :)
hey man,
great pics…
Well captured, congrats!
Aren’t the animals beautiful there. I visited those 2 parks 2 summers ago and they blew my mind away. I can really relate to the heart skipping moment of getting charged by an elephant, we got between the mother and calf. You captured all the animals so beautifully. I wish I had such beautiful pictures to remember my trip. YOu have inspired me to take more pictures myself,
Thank you
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Awesome pics! That Zebra looks very clean…not like the ones I have seen around here…
Good work!
Hi Matheka
Hi all
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Matheka, You have one of most interesting Job in the world :) … and sure all of pictures you take are Very Nice and speak up the nature thought.
I enjoy to watch all of it…
Happy Shooting & Blogging
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Naturiful indeed……….
bravo!
very nice work. thanks for sharing!
amazing!
How did i not see this post? Awesome pics. Looks like the something a Canon would take :)
Amazing photos! Really! Makes me miss the special atmosphere in Tanzania. Keep up the good work!
Beautiful photos and wow
You photos are amazing!! so cool! i wish i could go to that place watching wildlife!
Mighty proud of you! Keep up the good work. I absolutely love the photos! :-)
Your photography inspires me! I’m a beginner South African photographer with a love for the wild, so your photos here are right up my alley! Thank you for your inspiration Mutua!
Absolutly beautiful shots. I love the colours and different lights you captured in these photographs. Beautiful contrast in the shot of the Zebra, very strong.
What a great shots man!…natural and beautiful…NICE!!! Love it!
These photographs are … breathtaking.
What beautiful pictures! I love all of them! :)
Amazing pictures! Thanks for sharing and congrats!
Sheer brilliance, thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous pictures! This, btw, is where wild animals belong, not on some nut’s farm in OH getting shot down by police.
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Beautiful photography! Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us!
Blessings!
Wow these are amazing!
Lovely! Planning a trip to South Africa anytime soon?
Your pictures are magnificent. I really like the coloration you chose for them. It’s so amazing seeing many animals in their natural environment. Job well done.
You must be extremely patient!!! but who im i kidding you take amazing photos……. this are just purely BEAUTIFUL!!
These photos are just incredible. My fave though is the elephant.
Love the shots. The colour filters look wonderful
Absolutely Awesome! These photographs are stunning and the detail is phenomenal. I know that I’ll probably never experience this beauty personally, but I’m very thankful that I was able to experience this journey through your breath-taking photos! I’m looking forward to more incredible photos! Thanks for sharing these amazing images!
Thanks for sharing!
Nice work
love your photographing style… Congrats
I so love this post! I think it’s one of the most pleasant ones since I joined the blogosphere.
I love it how your photos each have a unique tone and then they all match each other on the page. So after you scroll down for the first time you want to scroll it all over again ( which I will do as soon as I finish the comment)
I don’t know yet how come that you are able to take so many pictures of wild animals ( it’s really intriguing) but I’m going to have a look at your About page later.
I also wanted to tell you that this picture on the top of the page does a lot to hold attention. I honestly forgot why I opened the page ( I found it on Freshly Pressed) and just kept staring at the picture trying to figure out what’s happening there and why it looks so cool.
So, one more time – I’m very pleased to have seen this post and thank you!
Absolutely stunning images!
Very well done! Encounters with these wild animals were a truly dramatic experience in my life as it appears it was yours. The elephant shot reminds me of the closeness of so many elephants in Lake Manyara National Park. I was also able to get some sequence shots of a giraffe getting up and down on the plain next to the lake. I’ll look forward to seeing the 2nd part of your photos.
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These are absolutely amazing Mutua. Kudos!
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Breathtaking photographs.
It is a good idea to help with wildlife conservation to the world.