Day 6 As we had previous days, we got up and walked towards the edge to watch the sunrise. It wasn’t as colorful as the day before, but there’s something special about seeing it rise above the clouds. We had […]
Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro
We had been researching for months about which route to take and the prices of different companies. The decision was to do the Northern Circuit, but we were going to arrive in Moshi and finalize a company. We had 2 […]
Serengeti National Park (Part 4) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 7 It would be our last day in Serengeti so we wanted to get up early and make the most of it. As we started our game drive, we passed trees that were covered in baboons and storks. They […]
Serengeti National Park, Part 3
Day 5 The previous day we asked Marcel if he’d ever seen the crossing. Over the many years that he was a cook in the park, he had never made it to the river as he was always back at […]
Serengeti National Park, Part 2
Day 3 Our alarm went off before the sun came up, but we wanted to make it to the Mara River in hopes of seeing the wildebeest cross. We packed and took down our tent before having a quick bite […]
Lake Manyara and Serengeti National Park
Day 1 We woke up and gathered our things while enjoying the breakfast that Mulky provided us with. Sam, our driver and guide from Sunny Safaris, called as he was trying to find us. I had no idea where we […]
Flying from Madagascar to Tanzania
We took our time the next morning before heading to the main road to catch a taxi-brousse. As we packed we could hear the indris making their morning call. We had 9800 ariary (just over $3 USD) to eat breakfast […]
Madagascar in Review
Things we’ve learned Multiple people had told us that the roads in Madagascar were the worst we’d experience during our trip. While we felt like we’d already been on some rough roads, we realized that they were telling the […]
Parc National Andasibe Mantadia
The following morning we were up before the sun to make sure we caught the ferry back to the mainland. We walked back to the canoes, stumbled upon a tuk tuk as there were none there when we crossed and […]
Île Sainte Marie
The journey from the south to the island had been long, but we were excited we’d made it. Within hours of arriving, we’d scheduled a whale watching trip for the next day. We got lucky and found a group that […]