After the subtle hues and dusty drives of the Serengeti, we made our way over the Indian Ocean to visit Tanzania’s island paradise. Zanzibar island, just a few miles off the coast of the mainland, is part of Tanzania. It became one country in 1964. The mainland was originally named Tanganyika and when they united … [Read more]
“Tanzania is not a real place.” I uttered this pretty much every day, to every person, on every post, when we visited there in fall 2022. And a year later I am finally putting my thoughts down here and I’m now wondering, “was it all a dream? It was real, right?” Actually, it was both. From … [Read more]
After an epic first two days on safari, we bid farewell to Steven, our ranger in Lake Manyara, and hello to our Ngorongoro ranger, Joseph. He drove us through Tanzania for an hour or so until we reached the crater viewpoint… Yeah, breathtaking. Ngorongoro Crater Lodge We then drove along the crater’s rim until we … [Read more]
After a couple days exploring Lake Manyara, it was off to the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge for a couple of nights staying on the top rim of the world’s largest inactive, unbroken and unfilled volcanic caldera. Yes, I needed Google to get that description. But before setting off to safari down in the crater, our ranger … [Read more]
Take a ride on the wild side. Our first day of an eight-day safari had us vibrating with anticipation. Or was that the first stop, Lake Manyara National Park, where it seems to house all the ecosystems: lake, marshlands, saline flats, grassy plains, lush forests, rocky escarpments. All brimming with wildlife. Weeeeeee! Let’s do this! … [Read more]
It’s coming up on a year since Chuck and I went on safari in Tanzania… and I kinda forgot to write about it. Whoops. But if you’ve met up with me in the last year, I probably waxed poetic to you already about it, so please, feel free to continue on to another more interesting … [Read more]
