It is astonishing what you can see in the equivalent of a weekend! I was on safari for three nights – really two full days, as the days either end were “travelling” days.
We stayed in two camps both on the northern edge of the Serengeti Plains – Suyan camp for one night, and our own [...]

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In Arusha national park Dave and our guests canoed around Momella lake during the afternoon, sneaking up to buffaloes, and watching crowned cranes in their courtship rituals. On our way back to camp at dusk we encountered three young hyenas lying in the road.
They looked very endearing as they peered at us. They were so [...]

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The Western Breach Route on Mount Kilimanjaro was closed by Kilimanjaro National Park authorities following a rock fall which killed three climbers and injured others on 4th January 2006.
Since then the park authorities have conducted several reconnaissance trips to the Western Breach to determine if and how the route might be re-opened.

To date this route [...]

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