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We had been nearly a month in Tanzania and it was time to move on to countries new. Rather than take the seemingly direct road to get from Moshi in the north, to Mbeya in the South we were advised to dog-leg back via a place near Dar Es Salaam instead; because the apparently ’straight’ [...]

We’re heading out of the Tanzanian tourist loop now (Zanzibar-Mt. Kilimanjaro-Serengeti). I expect the travel to get more tricky from hereon. Additionally, Internet access becomes more scarce and certainly more expensive — our Lonely Planet pegs a hour’s Internet access at $10/hr for some locations we are due to vist over next couple of weeks [...]

Anyone that has worked with me knows that, for reasons unbeknown to me, I go through trousers like hot dinners. (’Work’ trousers tend to have the highest failure rate.) My previous travel trousers had already been crotch re-stitched three times, so before coming to east/southern Africa I decided to buy a couple of high-quality replacement [...]

So after enjoying a meal in a busy restaurant, I raised my hand, caught the attention of the waiter and did The International Symbol for The Bill. You know, the one where you sign your name with an imaginary pen onto the palm of your other hand?
The waiter brought me a pen.

Compared to The West, one of the many cultural differences that we’ve noticed in Tanzania is the acceptance of ‘customer multitasking’. Whilst we recognise that organised queuing is a uniquely British pastime, in my opinion it is far preferable to the African equivalent in which the server invites everyone who approaches their counter to make [...]

After another exciting night camping under the stars amongst the lion poo, this time on the misty rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, we descended over six hundred metres to the volcanic floor. The Crater is the usually reserved for the final day of a short safari; even if you hadn’t seen any wildlife in the [...]

Our day in the Serengeti was my favourite of the safari. The plains are endless, the wildlife varied and the sunsets beautiful. My highlight of the day was spotting a cheetah under a tree in the distance and waiting patiently to see if it moved, only to discover there was actually a group of three [...]

Mosquito River, just outside Lake Manyara National Park, should win an award for the’ least-appealing-village-name-ever’. Fortunately, there weren’t too many mossies in sight when we visited the village on our second morning of safari. We took the tour both to give us an insight into village life and to support the community, as the tour [...]

Now that I’ve seen my mountain, we’re headed north-west to complete the core-loop of the Tanzanian tourist trail by means of a safari. Safari means ‘journey’ in Swahili. We chose to organise our trip with Tanzania Journeys, a well-regarded tour operator that features in our Ethical Travel Guide and is recommended by the worthy Kilimanjaro [...]