Category: World Trip 2017-2018
A 62-day trip covering eleven countries; United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa between 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018.
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Friday 15 December 2017. Photos. Highlights: Dar Es Salam Beach Today was an extremely long travel day. We had to be packed, have breakfast and be gone by 6 am. I noticed that Bill had overslept and Arran and myself helped bring down his tent. We also made and packed our lunch before leaving as…
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Thursday 14 December 2017. Photos Highlights: The Long Hot Drive Today was an extremely long and hot travel day to get us closer to Dar Es Salaam tomorrow in reasonable time. We also had two new members join the group, Mark and Thais. The travelling wasn’t made easier when one of our travel members Maggie…
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Wednesday 13 December 2017. Photos – Serengeti and Tanzania (General) Highlights: Fighting elephants, baby zebra An early morning waking in the Serengeti found that no tour members had gone missing but all were excited for this morning’s final game drive in the Serengeti. Yesterday was off the scale with major encounters with wildlife so today…
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Part 2 of 2. Tuesday 12 December 2017. Photos – Serengeti Highlights: The elusive leopards, fighting antelopes, elephants, lightning storm In the afternoon we moved into the Serengeti itself. This was a much more rough and dirty road and we coped a significant amount of dirt following other vehicles across the afternoon. The amazing sight…
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Part 1 of 2. Tuesday 12 December 2017. Photos (Ngorongoro Crater) Highlights: Sunrise, Amazing view of the Crater, Lions eating a kill, Hippos having fun Today was easily one of the highlights of the trip so far, right up there with trekking to the mountain gorillas in Uganda. A very early morning start meant we…
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Monday 11 December 2017. Photos – Tanzania (general) and Ngorongoro Crater. Highlights: Snake Park Centre, Arusha Culture Museum Today we had time for activities in Arusha before the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti Excursion left at 1 pm later today. First up after breakfast was a visit to the Arusha Mall in order to purchase supplies…
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Sunday 10 December 2017. Photos Kenya and Tanzania Highlights: The semi arid landscape The first day of the second leg was underway with a scheduled 8 am departure meaning breakfast at 7 am. The first day with new people is always a bit chaotic so we left closer to 8.20 am. A welcome surprise was…
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Saturday 09 December 2017. Photos Highlights: Final Farewells The first leg of this tour officially ended with us arriving back at the Wildebeest Eco Camp. Only six people for the first leg will continue; Maggie, Roz, Aaron, Emilie, Logan and myself. We started the day with a 5.45 am wake up, but in my tent…
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Friday 08 December 2017. Photos Highlights: Failing on the Hell’s Gate National Park Bike Ride Not that I needed a reminder about my lack of fitness but I got one when when attempting to ride a bike to Hell’s Gate National Park and failed badly 😦
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