Interesting (but unfortunately and puzzlingly silent) video on noodle making on Zanzibar, Tanzania, off the east coast of Africa. I just love noodles, so seeing this process, especially on the island of Zanzibar makes me salivate!

01/19/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa, East Africa, noodles, Zanzibar noodles, Zanzibar food

 

Not for the squeamish, here's an extended video of crocodiles in the Serengeti doing their "death roll" to tear apart their prey, a wildebeest. Over 6 minutes long, the video starts calmly enough, but eventually there are around 6 crocodiles, each rolling and enjoying their meal. At the end, one of the crocs saunters onto land, clearly full and happy!

01/19/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Serengeti, Africa, Tanzania, wildebeest, crocodile, eating, crocodiles eating, death roll, safari

 

Here's a short but very enthralling video showing a family of elephants crossing a jeep road in the Serengeti. The herd circles the youngest elephant, protecting it, while some of the other younger ones are curious about the jeep and come closer to explore. But it's the matriarch that really investigates closely towards the end, which is just when the video ends...

01/13/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Serengeti, Africa, elephant, elephants, elephant pride, baby elephant, jeep, safari, Tanzania, Serengeti safari

 

Here's a fun video of Zanzibar Island, off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa. It guides you through two of the more popular tourist attractions and activities, the Spice Tour and walking through Jozani Forest and the indigenous Red Colobus Monkey. Brings back wonderful memories!

12/19/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Zanzibar, Tanzania, spice tour, jozani, jozani forest, colobus, colobus monkey, spice island, Africa

 

Here's a really interesting video of the Serengeti in Tanzania. It's really well shot, produced and edited, and includes herds of wildebeest, views of the African plains and Mount Kilimanjaro and more. But unquestionably the highlight is the amount of time and detail spent on the dung beetle, recorded in both real time and as time-lapse video. On our trip to Africa, and the Tanzanian parks, our guide pointed out a dung beetle on one of our trips through the Serengeti - it really is an incredible and hard-working creature! Well worth a watch; skip to the last half to see the dung beetles right away...

12/12/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Serengeti, Africa, Tanzania, wildebeest, video, dung, beetle, dung beetle