Primates of eastern Tanzania

Leaving Amboseli and entering Tanzania, we spent an evening at Lake Maynara which is home to a number of baboons and monkeys, all of whom were very comfortable with us being nearby and also very photogenic.

A tree jumping sequence follows. The monkey made it to the top but ran out of tree branches….

Now it’s time to get back down….
Time for leap #1….
Now leap #2….
Ah, a much better vantage point. Success!
Quite a sight when this big family came around the corner

It was only appropriate to follow this up with a visit to the world renowned Olduvai Gorge, the excavation site in Tanzania where Mary and Louis Leakey spent 50+ years on an archaeological dig that validated and documented the evolution of our species from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens, including the fossils of Lucy.

Paranthropus Boisei, considered the most famous of the fossils found at Olduvai Gorge, dates to 1.75 million years ago.
Dr. Karen will most appreciate this.
Leaving Olduvai, it was time to head for the legendary Serengeti!

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