On 30 August we were heading slowly south and were camping in Zambia at the Kapishya hot springs (which are delightful) when a call came though from Barry’s sister, Ann, in Cape Town with the devastating news that our eldest… Read More »A Sad Day – 30 Aug 2022 – Zambia – Kapishya Hot Springs
The reason for sharing this post is related to the uniqueness of our experience of the British & Irish Lions tour and where we watched each of the matches. The first match of British lions vs South Africa on… Read More »British Lions SA Tour July & August 2021
So wonderful and such a privilege to have Carel in our vehicle. Jules was driving, Carel was in the passenger seat and Barry in the back. Carel and Sally run a business called great migrations – their mission is to… Read More »Serengeti II 5 Aug 2021
The map below is from T4A (Tracks 4 Africa) – really useful – arrow 1 is the campsite at Lengai Safari Lodge – For interest,in case you are wondering what the 6 in the green circle indicates? …there are 6… Read More »Getting to Serengeti 4 Aug
To get to the Serengeti the second time around, we chose the less travelled north eastern route from Arusha to Klein’s Gate. The journey there took us from Arusha (stayed at The Blue Heron) on the T2 highway toward the… Read More »Approaching Serengeti from east ? 1 -3 Aug 2022
Our Mount Meru experience was challenging and awesome. We had an amazing team supporting us… Ibrahim Mashaka (Guide), Oswald (Armed game ranger), Athumani (Chef ), Yusuph (Waiter & Porter), Juma & Luta (Porters.) All food and equipment is carried by… Read More »Mount Meru 25 – 28 July 2021
Jules flew back to Cape Town to spend time with her mom and I stayed just outside Arusha National Park at Twiga lodge run by Paul & Erica Sweet of Shaw safaris. During this time Barry kept himself busy with… Read More »Back in Arusha 30 June – 24 July 2021
We left Mwanga lodge early after being woken up by the sound of sweeping – the cement floors were diligently being swept by an older woman and a young boy – on and on this sweeping sound on cement continued-… Read More »Lushoto & Usambara mountains 25 – 26 June 2021
We left Arusha and starting heading north to the border – our first task for the day to extend the car permit to match our visitors visa of 3 months – so we headed to the border post with Kenya… Read More »On our way to Lushoto – 24 June 2021
The visit to Arusha National Park was educational interesting and entertaining. Paul is a very knowledgeable birder and has excellent knowledge of the park and the game in Tanzania. The Park is nested on the foothills of Mount Meru, the… Read More »Arusha National Park 23 June 2021
