14/09/2022
I have just returned from Tanzania yesterday, I am already missing it.
The leisure days spent in Zanzibar strolling on the empty, white sand beaches.
All the „jambos“ and „mambos“ and “karibus“.
The octopus with coconut sauce.
The refreshing safari beer.
The wonderful, forever smiling Tanzanian people. The children waiving at us from their dusty alleys.
There have been countless highlights in our 25 day long trip. In fact, each day has been a highlight itself.
And we never forgotten what a priviledge it was, to be there. To be part of it for a while. To marvel and witness so many natural wonders and interact with so many, extraordinary people.
Some of the highest highlights include:
Watching hundred of wildebeest cross the Mara river. Twice.
Witnessing a cheetah successfully bringing down a Thomson gazelle in the central Serengeti.
Driving for hours in an isolated part of Serengeti Mara in complete solitude. Well, apart from the millions of wildebeest that were there too.
Waking up in Tarangire national park with a herd of elephants eating just in front of our tent.
The indescribable sunrises and sunsets in the savanna.
Hunting together with bushmen in an isolated part of Tanzania.
The fainting road leading to the inaccessible Usambara mountains – as we reached its end we felt we had reached the end of the world.
Hearing loud bush babies on the top of our tin roof at the very down to earth Fish Eagle Eco lodge near the Kenyan border in the Swahili coast.
Getting lost and finding our way again in the laberintecal alleys fringed by the whitewashed, crumbling facades of old Sultan palaces in the old town of Stone Town.
Thank you Fasili, Elia, Raphael, Ndashy, Cathy, Steve, Paco and Maria.
You have given my kids the greatest gift of them all: memories that will last a life long.
What can I add more?
My children are thrilled.
They can't wait to get back.
They got infected by the African virus too.
Just like her mother.