A night in Dar Es Salaam was needed to recover from the ferry crossing, then we hopped on a 12 hour bus across Tanzania to Arusha, the gateway to the famous Seringeti and many other safari destinations! After a short walk down the high street we soon realized it would be no problem to book on a safari at late notice. With almost every step, a different sales person would come up to us and tug on our arms or almost shove their business cards up our noses, so keen were they to get our custom! We eventually settled on a company called Crown Eagle. They were running a 5 day safari that left 1st thing the following morning with all food, camping gear, cook and guide included. As it was such late notice they were desperate to fill the places and so we got a very reasonable price! On the itinerary was the world famous Serengeti, the Ngorogoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Tarangerie National Park.
Instead of describing each day in detail we thought it would be more interesting to just give a brief overview and then tell some short stories of funny things that happened. Basically, the safari was incredible. We saw pretty much every animal you could dream of; zebras, wildebeest, elephants, giraffes, lions, leopards, cheetah, hyenas, countless deer/gazelle type animals and probably loads of others that I can’t think of right now. We camped every night and drove around the various parks, checking out the beautiful scenery and watching with wonder the many animals in their wild habitats. The best part was seeing the animals so free in their home as opposed to cooped up in a zoo or a cage. Watching the lions proudly prowling around in the long grass of the Serengeti, looking for their next meal was something special.
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