Ben Wilhelmi

Aerials, lake Natron

A magnificent salt lake in the Rift valley, northern Tanzania, that offers a stunning range of colors and patterns over the years. Flying in the area never fails to make my day…

 

 

 

 

Wildlife in Tanzania

 

Peaceful lunch for this crocodile, the hippos don’t eat fish.

 

I miss those guys in the Mahale nat’l park, the best place to access and observe the chimpanzees.

 

 

 

Ngorongoro crater, the only place I ever witnessed this feat and only once.

 

 

The pussyfoot baboon…

 

 

 

Short flight in pictures over the Selous reserve, Tanzania

Amongst many things, what makes a bush pilot happy?

a lovely location in Tanzania, like the Selous, no passengers, a quick hop to justify low level flying, a newly acquired Go Pro Hero 6 attached on the tail and tally ho!…

Here taking off from Mtemere towards Siwandu a few minutes away.

 

Some giraffes were hanging around the airstrip. Dangerous hazard along an airstrip! Chasing them was a courtesy for the next pilot about to land.

Notice the little logo “No weapons on board”. In South Sudan they would have died laughing.

 

 

Following the Rufiji river and its gorgeous sand rivers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little low pass to inspect the airstrip. Checking for animals or any hole…

 

A quick tear drop turn and here is the landing, a 5 minute flight.

 

Happy pilot!

Brussels 2018, Gay Pride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerials in Tanzania

 

Details of a salt lake, lake Natron

 

Another salt lake, lake Balangida

Salt mounds to be sold.

 

Sand banks on the Rufiji river, Selous reserve

 

 

Low tide around Pemba island, Indian ocean.

 

Tarangire national park, some happy zebras.

 

Sand banks on the Rufiji river.

 

Satellite island near Mafia island.

Indian ocean, Tanzania, aerials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tanzania, random pictures

 

Tanzania, a land of contrasts on many levels.

 

 

A reef near Pemba island, Indian Ocean

 

Visitors around our aircraft

 

Floods…common scenery every year in the rain seasons.

 

Once there was a decent dirt track.

 

A rare sable antelope, in Tanzania that is. it took me 18 years to pot that one and only.

 

A PC 12 on take off in Msembe.

 

The usual crowd in our camp in Ruaha park.