Today, it was again a bit difficult to find a safari car, but we made a deal with a local guide for 150 USD, including a very high car entrance fee (5,000 KES) for a full-day trip to Ol Pejeta Conservancy (🎟️110 USD). It is supposed to be a 90,000-acre non-profit wildlife conservancy...
The evening before the visit, we did our research and spent two hours finding a reliable local tour operator in Nyeri. After some negotiation, we agreed on a safari van for 120 USD for a day in Aberdare National Park (🎟️70 USD). It is a diverse highland park in Kenya known for its...
Awash National Park is located in central Ethiopia, situated in the Great Rift Valley between the Oromia and Afar regions, approximately 225 km from Addis Ababa. Geographically, it is characterised by a semi-arid climate, grasslands, savannas, and shrubs, with altitudes ranging from 712...
After a lovely stay in Morogoro, we drove on the TanZam Highway to Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park, Mikumi National Park, a highly accessible, year-round destination renowned for its picturesque plains dotted with baobab and acacia trees, reminiscent of the Serengeti. Within its...
Jozani Forest is the largest area of indigenous forest on Zanzibar Island. Situated south of Chwaka Bay on low-lying land, the area is prone to flooding, which nurtures a lush, swamplike environment of moisture-loving trees and ferns. The whole area is protected as Jozani-Chwaka National...
We left Arusha very early in the morning and drove towards Kilimanjaro National Park for around two hours. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site; it is home to Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Africa’s highest mountain and one of the continent’s most magnificent sights. We...
We did not have much time, so we planned just a one-day visit to the most famous Tanzanian National park. But we will never forget our first encounter with the Serengeti; it was the absurd payment for the horrible, dusty road from Ngorongoro Gate to Naabi Hill Gate, the only route to...
At 19km wide and with a surface of 264 sq km, Ngorongoro (🎟️1,139,113 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD) is one of the largest unbroken calderas in the world that isn’t a lake. Its steep walls soar 400m to 610m and provide the setting for an incredible natural drama, as prey and predators...
Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smaller and most underrated parks (🎟️342,790 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD). While it may lack the size and variety of other northern-circuit destinations (there’s pretty much one central north–south route through the park), its...
Learning how it works in Tanzania was not easy; we had hoped it would be easier than in Kenya, but it was just the opposite. We arrived at the national park’s gate in the afternoon, but we couldn’t buy a ticket there since a permit must be arranged in advance at the office in...