Sunrise in Serengeti

Up again at 06:00 to eat an early breakfast and go for a safari in the Serengetis. What  a thrill! As we watched the sun arise we discovered one by one the wonderful different animals living side by side in Serengeti. The animals we were lucky engough to see was  apes, antilopes, zebras, giraffs, elephants, gnus, wild boars, ostrichs, vultures, goats, hyenas, buffaloes and hippos.. Continue reading →

Overview of the Ngorongoro (gift of life) craterAt 05.30 the alarm clock went off, we slipped into our clothes and picked up our bags.  A new adventure awaited. We set off for Serengeti at 06.30 and arrived our camp destination at 19.30 – exhausted. Still our driver Freddy had driven like a pro in “Rally Dakar”. After a flat tire and a motor breakdown we were lucky enough to get rescued by another Landcruiser and reached the camp just before sunset. Continue reading →

Going bananas…Today we aimed at visiting the Chagga tribe nearby Kilimanjaro. We learned how they made iron spears and tools, cultivate coffe, ananas, bananas and learning about their history with gophers (soil caves) to hide from other tribes in their past. Further we walked to a beautiful waterfall nearby and nearly touched Kilimanjaro… Next time we’ll klimb it perhaps? 🙂      Continue reading →

 Me enjoying my Nero chocolate. Thinking of Anette at work and Audun and our neighbours at home… 🙂 Continue reading →

Luna Noor, Aisha and Siv Johanne after breakfast

We went up early in the morning to pack our bags to go to Dar-Es-Salaam. Before leaving we ate our last breakfast in the villa we stayed in. Our Cook Aisha made another great breakfast before we had to say goodbye. Continue reading →

Luna Noor and Emeric Philip diving in…

After a good night’s sleep we woke up to a delicious breakfast (fresh fruits, omelettes and pancakes). Then we packed our bags to go to a small island outside Zanzibar, snorkeling and a tasteful seafood lunch in another island nearby. The whole trip was a relaxing and wonderful experience. Continue reading →

Seaview outside Villa BahatiThese are the days for relaxation. Waking up early in the morning to birds singing outside our villa. Spending days looking at the view – which was amazing. The fishermen came in with their catch and children and women came to help carrying it from the boats. By the way – Hakuna matata in Swahili means “Relax – no worries”. Continue reading →

After a 5,5 ½ hours flight from Doha to Dar-Es-Salaam we could finally enter the airport arrival zone. When we first entered, we experienced a chaos of people standing in lines to get their visas apporved. We ended up spending 2 hours waiting for our visas and picking up our luggage. Continue reading →