Start a new topic
Sort this Forum by:

Tanzania: Zanzibar, The Crater, the Serengeti and Mahale Mtns (photos)

Jump to last reply
Report Abuse

Don't know if there'll be much interest in these but I thought i'd link some photos from a trip to Tanzania a few years ago...I've been scanning some old film pictures to digital. I'm certainly no pro and scanning is not ideal but to anyone interested, here they are...

My dad, sister and I made the trip to Tanzania flying into Dar es Salaam which has a dearth of nice hotels (if dearth means lack of)...we took a small plane to Zanzibar and stayed at a nice beach resort of the other side of the island...for me (we're from Florida), you can stay at beautiful tropical beach resorts all over the Carribean etc so I would probably stay in Old Town, Zanzibar next time for the experience...we were just removed from the cultural side of things on the other side of the island...and the road at the time was not fully paved so it took a long time to go back and forth...still, the beaches were beautiful if that's what you're after (there are many other beautiful beach spots on the island besides the one we were staying)...from there we flew back to Dar to Arusha to begin our safari....to the Crater....which is always filled with great photo ops...have been twice and while it is a bit zoo-like, my sister loved seeing everything there. It's actually much more restricted now than the first time I visited in 92 (probably good for the wildlife) but as a result when we saw rhino at a long distance, we were not able to get any closer...after that we drove through Olduvai Gorge and visited Lucy...then to the Serengeti for a mobile safari...great lion sightings, more than 50...we visited the spot where the wildebeest cross en masse and the crocs pic them off but our timing was a bit off. The crocs were there...and some of the wildebeest carcasses...but we did not see the actual crossing (this was at the Grumeti River)...we did see some long lines of wildebeest and zebras in migratory mode but not the millions pictured that you sometimes see on tv...we drove on bumpy roads back to Arusha to catch a plane to Mahale...this was one of the most dramatic camps we've ever visited....the flight over arid, brown Tanzania to the brilliant blue/green of Lake Tanganyika....a short runway between the mountains and the lake shore....and then a dhow ride even further to the park. When you reach camp, you round this corner to a stunning sight....this tent (the architecture of the camp has changed and is now is quite different and even more spectacular) set up on the beach with the greenest, lushest jungle spilling over the mountains behind it. And those mountains are full of chimps...we had a shorter than average stay but it was great. Such a stunning setting and the chimps are fascinating....we followed along for a couple hours as they groomed, played, hunted for colobus monkeys, every now and then they broke out into thunderous hoots and shouts....on our way back we visited Ujiji where Stanley met up with Dr. Livingstone (the little curator/guide was worth the trip alone!) and on to Kigoma ( a place where many of the Congo refugees resided). So I hope you enjoy:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35149&id=610038487&l=7e749ee814

8 Replies |Back to top

| Add a Reply
Sign in to comment.

Recent Activity

View all Africa & the Middle East activity »
  1. 1 Yellow fever vaccination required for Tanzania?
  2. 2 Hair salon in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv
  3. 3 Algeria/Tunisia
  4. 4 Huge Bust in Rhino Poaching
  5. 5 Israel
  6. 6 tour companies
  7. 7 Tanzania Northern Circuit self drive in feb
  8. 8 Coptic tour or Mosques in Cairo?
  9. 9 Itinerary for 15 -20 days in South Africa.
  10. 10 kirkmans to exeter lodge /or dulini in sabi sands, south africa
  11. 11 Victoria Falls activities (Devils pools & Botswana) questions
  12. 12 Road from Port at Alexandria to Cairo, Egypt
  13. 13 Solo game drive?
  14. 14 South Africa in Christmas and New years, suggestions?
  15. 15 Smartours South Africa Tour
  16. 16 Cape Town
  17. 17 THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF AFRICA
  18. 18 Capetown & area
  19. 19 My first African Safari going solo
  20. 20 Trip Report France/Spain/Morocco/Western Sahara/Mauritania/Senegal/Gambia Jan 2011
  21. 21 Winter in Morocco
  22. 22 King Tut exhibit in Cairo or Giza in October 2012?
  23. 23 Deciding whether to visit Durban while in South Africa
  24. 24 Uganda Trip Report
  25. 25 Petra in August: Seems expensive for a short visit
View next 25 » Back to the top