Category: Tanzania
Tanzania Travel Advice, Tips and Stories
A Diabetic Travel Blog
I hope you enjoy my Tanzania travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthy travel is great for all of us!
We visited Tanzania in Dec 2012 on a 10-day driving safari.
We drove through Arusha, then stayed at Tarangire (for the elephants!), Lake Manyara, Karatu, Ngorongoro, Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Land.
We used Africa Travel Resource (see review below) who engaged Tanganyika Expeditions. Our most excellent guide was Mweta Kitururu.
Tanzania Safari movie
Movie of our safari in Tanzania and the Serengeti with MKSC (Mount Kilamanjaro Safari Club) and our outstanding guide Mweta. Our trip started at Rivertrees Lodge near Arusha. Then we stayed at Oliver’s Camp in Tarangire National Park, and Plantation Lodge in Karatu. Next we visited Ngorongoro National Park, and
Lions on the Serengeti – At our tent!
Dreaming of the Serengeti
I surfed the web looking for special travel locations for Christmas vacation. I was originally reading up on Egypt, however the political climate was not favorable. In the original search for Egypt I had landed on travel agency sites for Africa, and naturally there were also safaris offered. My “Attention-Deficit Web
Choices, Choices, Choices
Through my study of the tourism infrastructure in Tanzania, I realized there were three important choices in planning our wildlife safari: private vehicle and driver versus tour group, tents versus lodges and drive versus fly. Private vs Group We quickly discarded the tour group. While many people look forward to
Luxury Tent Camps
Tanzania – Africa Travel Resource Review
That’s Mweta and Greg in the picture above. Africa Travel Resource (ATR), a UK company, arranged our safari trip with Tanganyika Expeditions (also known as MKSC, the Mount Kilimanjaro Safari Club). ATR’s web site provided an awesome amount of information, which included many pictures of the camps and tents/rooms, as