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We stayed at a tented lodge on the shores of Lake Manyara one night–a statement which is sure to draw up a very wrong image. Lake Manyara is a shallow lake of vastly varying footprint between the rainy and the … Continue reading
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It’s important to know your environs. While we’ve seldom seen a street sign in Tanzania, animals, we’re learning, mark their paths and territories well if you can read their signage. In our ongoing effort to take you behind the scenes … Continue reading
Every night on the Masai Steppe we had a campfire, and campfires beget stories. Instead of ghost stories, we concentrated on danger-of-big-animal stories. Here are two stories from Chagamba. My grandfather was 24 when he went hunting with a man … Continue reading
We spent two nights camping on the Maasai Steppe below a mountain known as Oldonyo Sambu. Zebras, bushbuck, impala, wildebeest and oryx mix freely across Maasai grazing lands with herds of Maasai cattle and goats tended by herdboys. Lions, coyotes … Continue reading
What is a “Walking Safari?” Heck, for that matter, what is a safari? Those were our questions, too. It turns out to be a lot of driving around in Land Rovers on very rough two-tracks. I use “Land Rover” (Jaguar/Tata) … Continue reading