Safari Time

June 20

Ok, so Marta and I may have taken a little vacation. Already, yes, I know but timing wise it couldn’t have been better. We had all of our work in line and were waiting on next steps and after speaking with our coordinator in Ngaramtoni it worked out to be the perfect time. Marta and I packed our bags and headed out on a SAFARI! Woooo! This was a trip we both had said we wanted to find time to do while we were here and last week it stumbled into our laps. To make a long story short, we ran into a friend of a friend in Arusha who organizes Safaris. He had heard that we were coming to Arusha and happened to give us an amazing deal. We were paired with an amazing Swedish couple and were sent on our way. We went to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater and had the most unbelievable time. We camped in the middle of the Serengeti and pitched a tent overlooking the Crater. Although maybe not the most luxurious way of living, it was completely worth it, as the experience we had was truly unbelievable. Words cannot possible do the trip justice. Our tour guide was phenomenal and provided us with every bit of random knowledge you could possibly imagine about any animal. Not only did we see every animal you could possibly come across in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, we practically touched the majority of them. Abraham, our tour guide, said that we had been one of the luckiest Safari’s he had been on and after speaking with locals on our return you could tell by their response when we told them about our sightings that we had been very lucky. We saw giraffes standing tall and strong, zebras and wildebeest covering the land, baboons and their babies marching down the road, a pack of lions casually walking alongside of our car, leopards lounging in the trees feasting on their most recent catch, hyenas searching for prey, hippos grazing in the water, elephants playfully fighting, a rhino crossing the street, cheetahs basking in the sun, gazelle and impalas running gracefully through the grass and lots of beautifully coloured birds flying overhead. We woke each morning to see the sun rise and cover the Serengeti with shades of pinks and yellows and light up the spectacular scenery of the Crater. It was absolutely unreal!

Overlooking the Serengeti