Tarangire National; Park, Tanzania: Up and out early again this morning. Had to hit the road early to get in our safari before heading to the airport and leaving for Doha. Ukadi had told us previously that Tarangire is mainly known for its elephants, so we are hopeful of seeing some up close here. As…
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania: Descending down into the crater the size of it is really quite striking. The crater is its own ecosystem with the animals within the crater not taking part in the migration that occurs outside the crater. The plain on the crater floor has ample water year round and a ready supply of…
Read more Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Tarangire: Week 3 / Day 16 / Jan 26
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania: We got up and out quite early again today to ensure that we arrived at the crater fairly early in the day. Last night at dinner we had managed to make the other groups of safari goers we talked to rather jealous. We mentioned how many lions we had seen along with…
Read more South Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater: Week 3 / Day 16 / Jan 26
Serengeti, Tanzania: Today’s safari will mostly be a trip down to the great migration. For those unfamiliar with it the great migration is the clockwise movement of the wildebeest herd (along with a lot of other animals) on an annual basis. Their movement is determined by the availability of water / food and the wet…
Read more North Serengeti to South Serengeti: Week 3 / Day 15 / Jan 25
Thorn Tree Camp, Serengeti: We got up before dawn this morning to head out for a sunrise safari. The stars last night as I went to bed were amazing and the milky way could be seen across the sky. Looking at the constellations last night and seeing Orion high in the sky was very confusing…
Read more North Serengeti – Sunrise Safari: Week 3 / Day 15 / Jan 25
Serengeti, Tanzania: After all that we got to see yesterday it seems that we have already seen just about everything. In fact, Linda commented last night that maybe we could have just done a one day safari since we saw so much. Before entering the Serengeti National Park we first had to pass through Ngorongoro…
Read more Lake Manyara to North Serengeti: Week 2 / Day 14 / Jan 24
Arusha, Tanzania: I am sure I will start having some non-obvious songs running through my head soon, but these are here for now.
Read more And, another obvious one: Week 2 / Day 13 / Jan 23
Arusha, Tanzania: We were met at the lodge in the morning by our guide for the safari. His name is Ukadi and he lives over at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. After loading our bags into the 4×4 that we will be in for the next 5 days we headed out through the city of…
Read more Arusha to Lake Manyara: Week 2 / Day 13 / January 23
Arusha, Tanzania: We arrived into the Doha airport after an uneventful flight from Marrakech. The airport is quite clean and modern, far better than Logan or LAX (granted, that is a pretty low bar to clear). We found a designated quiet room to relax in, however it was anything but. There was a woman sleeping…
Read more Doha to Arusha, Tanzania: Week 2 / Day 12 / January 22
Marrakech, Morocco: Today is a getaway day to head off to Tanzania. Our flight is reasonably late in the day (7:10 PM), but we were told to be at the airport about 3 hrs before our flight. After breakfast at our riad, we headed out to explore the souks once again and see what was…
Read more Travel Day – Morocco to Tanzania: Week 2 / Day 11 / Jan 21
