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The most South-Western point on the continent of Africa. Beautiful coastline. Continue reading →

Took us 1.5 hours to hike up. Continue reading →

On safari, the most common objective is to see what’s known as the Big Five: elephants, giraffes, lions, hippos, and rhinos. We saw the first two of these animals on our first day and every day. The first lion sighting came on the second day at La… Continue reading →

Check it out. A hundred or so hippos seeking relief from the Serengeti sun in a muddy pool. Tails flicking and splashing, honking on the off beat, a barrel roll here and there – it was mesmerizing. Seeing hippos was one of the things I was looking… Continue reading →

The Serengeti is an ocean of earth, and the plain stretches as far as the eye can see. It’s an impressive landscape. Shortly after we left the lodge in the morning, we saw a lioness sunning herself in a wide open space. Best view of a lion so far…. Continue reading →

(Out of cell phone / data range for a couple of days. This is for Sunday, July 31st) We stayed in a so called campsite the night before, but it was more like a lodge for tents with pool and restaurant and large tourist groups. Disappointing, parti… Continue reading →

Today we went to Lake Manyara national park, which was a bit of a let down after Tangire. Whereas Tangire was open plain, Manyara was forested, making the roads and spaces tighter. I couldn’t escape the feeling we were on a Disney Land ride becaus… Continue reading →

Sitting by the campfire with milky way overhead in the middle of a huge plain amongst acacia and baobab trees with zebras and impalas a mere 50 yards away when we settled in, and somehow I have cell service. We saw so many great things, it became … Continue reading →