We stayed in several different locations while we traveled around northern Tanzania. In addition to viewing the wild animals we went to a school, hospital, visited with a local Datoga family and went on a hunt with the last known African bushmen. Over the next couple of posts I will retell all of our adventures.
First stop was a quick overnight stay in Arusha which is the 3rd largest city in Tanzania. We arrived at 7 pm at night so we headed straight to our hotel room but in the morning we were able to see our surroundings.
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| having our first dinner in Tanzania |
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| Our first night sleeping with netting |
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| Exploring the garden grounds of the hotel the next morning |
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| Our bungalow |
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| Our first view of the town of Arusha thru the car window |
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| Heading into Lake Manyara National Park |
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| We were so excited to see our first wild animal--baboons! |
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| Next we saw a single giraffe just a few feet away from the road |
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| Evidence of a recent kill |
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| A herd of elephants, we even saw a nursing baby |
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| at one point our car was surrounded by elephants |
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| We visited a hippo pool but found all the hippos laying on the ground |
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| We were able to get out of the car at some viewing points to get a closer look at some animals further away |
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| Zebras |
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| gazelles and wart hogs. |
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| African Buffalo skull |
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| Maribou Stork and a nest full of babies |
Hmmmm... "luxury" and "tent" used in together, I'm not sure I'm buying that. :-) Actually, I look forward to seeing what a luxury tent looks like, though my imagination is having major problems trying to conjure up an image. I'm envisioning something our of Aladdin or some other Arabic scene where the people live or work in semi-permanent tents. We'll see how close I am to the real thing!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. I look forward to hearing about the rest of you adventures.
ReplyDeleteWow, another of your awesome adventures. I had a friend that went on a Safari and it was a trip of a lifetime for her. I am sure it was a great learning adventure for your family. The pictures were great and I loved it all!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
I just looked at all your Africa posts again with my daughter Jemma here in the hospital. She was fascinated and had many questions....
ReplyDeleteWhy are people in Africa so poor? I'm glad I live in Germany. Every time she saw a wild animal she said "wow" and was very interested. She wanted to know why the playground at the school was so small, and why it looked so yucky inside. She didn't want to live in the housed and wondered why they didn't have a tv.
Thank you very much for sharing this adventure.
- Julie