Author Archives: Raphael Mollel

By Raphael Mollel – A mother cheetah with her cubs and other safari highlights

Greetings from Tanzania. My name is Raphael and I have just finished my safari with my guests David and Margaret from Michigan, USA. It was a very adventurous safari as we spent 10 nights in the bush with 3 nights private camping at Naabi Hill campsite among the wildebeest migration and all the big carnivores. Here are my pictures of just a few of the highlights. My guests were very excited to see this mother cheetah jump on the bonnet of our vehicle. We ended up …

By Raphael Mollel – Lions!

One of the highlights from my recent safari was watching this pride of lions (pictured below) with their buffalo kill. This was in the central part of the Serengeti in the Seronera River Valley. The Seronera region is a good spot to see predation year round as there are several large prides of lions that are resident (i.e. they do not follow the wildebeest migration) and subsist off the resident herbivores including buffalo, warthog and several species of antelope.

By Raphael Mollel – Wildebeest Migration

Jambo from Arusha, Tanzania. My name is Raphael Mollel and I am a driver-guide with Africa Dream Safaris. I have just returned from my most recent safari beginning on January 31, 2013 and ending on February 6, 2013. We had many extraordinary wildlife sightings on this safari. One of the highlights occurred on February 3rd near the triangle on the Southern Plains of the Serengeti where we witnessed one of the most amazing wildlife spectacles of the world, the Great Migration. There was a never …