Serengeti Posters and Art Prints

Part landscape, part wildlife photo, this lion up a tree gave me one of the best photo opportunities of my 2022 photography tour in Tanzania.

Hippos in the Serengeti, wallowing in what little mud there is left at the peak of the dry season.

Hippos in the Serengeti, wallowing in what little mud there is left at the peak of the dry season.

Serengeti, Northern Tanzania

Long-tailed Shrike, Urolestes melanoleucus, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. (Featured in The Birds and others.) They are unique in their vocal duets, their cooperative breeding behavior, and their gregariousness. Canon 500D, 100-400mm Canon lens (1039 views at 13 May 2015)

Hippos in the Serengeti, wallowing in what little mud there is left at the peak of the dry season.

Hippos in the Serengeti, wallowing in what little mud there is left at the peak of the dry season.

Lilac Breasted Roller, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. (Featured in Pictures with the WOW Factor & The Birds & Others.)The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. They are monogamous and nest in an unlined hole in a tree or in masonry, and lay 2–4 eggs in the tropics, 3–6 at higher latitudes. The Lilac Breasted Roller is the national bird of Botswana. Canon 500D, Canon 100-400mm lens

Portrait of an African Elephant, Loxodonta Africana, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Eating on the move. Elephants spend most of their time eating. Elephants must have access to water and enjoy spending time washing, playing and cooling off. African Elephants are classified as endangered. They are victims of large-scale poaching and habitat loss due to rapid human expansion. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Afrikaans is my Mother Tongue & Other Groups.) (1120 views at5 27 May 2015)

In the Serengeti National Park, Northern Tanzania

In the Serengeti National Park, Northern Tanzania

Portrait of a Maasai or Masai Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. The Giraffe has a 40cm long purple tongue designed for eating leaves from even the most thorny trees like the Flat Top Acacia. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Animals of Africa, Best of the Best.)

Sunset in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Canon 500D, zoom lens.

Only a few minutes into Serengeti National Park and we encountered this adult cheetah soaking up the sun on a rock just metres from the road.

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Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Juvenile. The adult Grey Crowned Crane is about 1 m, 3.3 ft tall and weighs 3.5 kg, 7.7 lbs. Its body plumage is mainly grey. These birds are the emblem of Uganda and appear on the country's flag. Canon 500D, Canon 100-400 mm lens. (Featured in Close-ups in Nature.)

Pair of Little Bee-eaters, Merops pusillus, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. It reaches a length of 15-17 cm, which makes it the smallest African bee-eater. Sexes are alike. There have been estimated to be between 60-80 million Little Bee-eaters. It breeds in open country with bushes, preferably near water. Canon 500D, Canon 100-400mm lens (Featured in Images of Endearment, & Other Groups.)

Granite outcrops called Kopjes which are typical of a large part of the southern Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Sometimes prides of lions are seen resting on the tops of these formations, looking out over their territory. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Volcanoes, Earth's Geology & Atmosphere, & Others.)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

Giraffe in the Serengeti. At the height of the dry season (August)

The Serengeti (SERR-ən-GHET-ee) ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa, spanning northern Tanzania. The protected area within the region includes approximately 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) of land, including the Serengeti National Park and several game reserves.

Zebra. Plains or Savanna or Common Zebra, Equus quagga, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. Zebras are African equids best known for their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. (1612 views at 3 May 2015) Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in a Wilderness Somewhere.)

Zebra friends. Plains or Savanna or Common Zebra, Equus quagga, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. Zebras are African equids best known for their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. Canon EOS 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Love These Creatures, & Other Groups.)

Portrait of a Maasai or Masai Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. (Featured in Flora & Fauna South Africa.) The Giraffe has a 40cm long purple tongue designed for eating leaves from even the most thorny trees like the Flat Top Acacia. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in All God's Creatures.) (1038 views at 11 May 2015)

Defassa Waterbuck, female, Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. The waterbuck is a large, robust animal. Males are generally about 25 percent larger than the females. Only the males have horns, which are prominently ringed & as long as 40 inches. They are sometimes used with lethal results when males fight one another over territories. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (1099 views at 11 June 2015)

Sunset through the smoke of a wild fire, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. (Featured in artists Universe.) Wildfires at the end of the dry season pave the way for fresh germination of grasses once the rains come. Canon 500D, zoom lens.

Thomson’s Gazelles drinking at a waterhole left by the drying up of the Moru River during the dry season. Thomsons Gazelles, Eudorcas thomsonii, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. Tommies as they are known are one of the most common antelopes in Africa. Thomson’s Gazelles are 53 to 67 cm tall and weigh 13 to 24 kg for females, 17 to 29 kg for males. The males have slender elegant horns. They are prey for all the great predators, especially cheetahs. Canon 500D, zoom lens (1705 views at 11 June 2015) .