Entering Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania: Tree Climbing Lions and Treehouses
One of the most unique lion photos I've ever captured. This was one of the famous tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara. It is a behavior that is hardly seen anywhere else in the world with lions. To find these, up on a tree, was such a huge surprise for us during our drive through the park to our lodge. It is so unusual to have sky as the background behind a lion, since they are usually on the ground and you are shooting down at it from your vehicle. The late afternoon light lit up the inside of the mouth, bringing out incredible detail of the impressive teeth and rough looking tongue. After six days of intense wildlife safari action in the African savannah of Masai Mara and the Serengeti, we find ourselves traveling to a new ecosystem. We are switching up the vast plains for the lakeside forest of Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. Its not just a change in scenery we are after, it is a home for new species of animals. Lake Manyara is well known for its numerous monkey, incre...