Tanzania Diabetic Travel Tips

Wendy Powers and the Massai children

For our safari in Tanzania, it being my first foray to Africa, I perhaps over-stressed. I worried about the water, the food, disease and balancing my blood sugars. My worries were for naught, having properly prepared and properly executed the trip. Many of the Tanzania travel tips apply to every

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Tanzania Safari movie

Tanzania - Zebra

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

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Dreaming of the Serengeti

Tanzania - Lion

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

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Choices, Choices, Choices

Tanzania - Masai guide

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

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Luxury Tent Camps

Tanzania - Dunia Camp

Our travel agent at Africa Travel Resource (ATR), knowing the migratory habits of the animals, designed the route of the trip based on the season.   In the summer, the Great Migration of wildebeests moves in the grasslands of the Massai Mara, on the border of Tanzania and Kenya.  As fall

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Tanzania – Africa Travel Resource Review

Mweta and Greg

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

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