February 16, 2024 Life’s for the living, so live it! For years I have dreamed of going to Africa alone for a week to see wild animals. You keep putting off such a dream. Until you realize that things happen in life that you have no influence on. Dear people around me died and dear […]
Tanzania had been on our travel destination list for a few years. After our retirement, we like to travel to distant, sunnier places in the first months of the year and when the pandemic forced us to return home from Australia prematurely in March 2020, Africa quickly came into view as the next destination. Covid […]
On November 13, 2023 we started our safari in Dar es Salaam, a vibrant city with more than 6 million inhabitants. Late in the evening we arrived at a small city hotel, where everything was already quiet. The next morning we left for Selous River Camp at 8am, after a night that felt late given […]
On October 19 we flew from Schiphol to Arusha for a 22-day trip through unspoilt Tanzania. The trip has been a series of highlights. The beautiful green Serengeti, the very dry and vast Ruaha and the soaking wet Selous. And then follow it up with a beach holiday on Zanzibar. The Ruaha National Park impressed […]
Voor ons gouden huwelijksfeest zijn we met Explore Tanzania naar Tanzania geweest. September 6-8 Dar es Salaam After the flight from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam, we stayed at the Mediterraneo Hotel in Dar es Salaam. We had booked an extra night here. Mediterraneo is a nice family hotel outside Dar es Salaam and directly […]
On the last evening of our holiday we have dinner at The Rock on Zanzibar, a special location in itself, to conclude a very special trip. With a cocktail in hand, we wonder how we should summarize our adventure when we get home. Where do we start, how do we select the photos, what do […]
What a wonderful experience that seemed to us: on safari in Tanzania. While orienting on this, we quickly came across Explore Tanzania. And immediately we had the feeling: this is right! Explore Tanzania not only wants us to experience a beautiful safari, but also the total experience with nature and the inhabitants of this beautiful […]
Three nights safari Nyerere park From our vacation on Zanzibar we wanted to go on safari to discover nature and the mainland for a few days. We soon came across Explore Tanzania where a tailor-made trip can be planned. Our eye fell on the Nyerere National Park, the largest park in Tanzania, less known and […]
Finally it’s 2023, been looking forward to the new year for months because on January 2 the flight to Tanzania was waiting for us. Yves (23), Frits (38) and I (41) had prepared everything as well as possible, checked off the packing lists. The preparatory hikes (although much less than planned) were also done and […]
Our trip to Tanzania, organized by Explore Tanzania, was from 24-01 to 05-02-2023 and took us to the top of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. It was a great trip with the necessary suffering. A short report. On Tuesday 24-01, after a good flight from Amsterdam, we land 8 hours later at Kilimanjaro International […]