Tansania

Klicke hier for part 2… I was really fortunate to be able to go to sunny Tansania in July 2014 on our scheduled tour – Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Explorer while it was cold and raining in Kapstadt. I flew from Johannesburg to Dar Es Salam and Dar Es Salam to Kilimanjaro. On that second flight I was lucky to see the snow-capped of Kilimanjaro from the top which was a really great experience. The moment we landed in Kilimanjaro, the landscape had changed completely to mountain looming over the plains of the savannah. I had a warm welcome from our friendly guide who was on time to pick me up and transfer me to the lodge located in Arusha with our 4×4 Safari vehicle. After a delicious dinner I joined the rest of the group and we had a pre-departure meeting with the operations manager of Jenman East African Safaris. It was necessary and really informative because he prepared us on what we will expect during our safaris trip and taught us few Swahili words such as “Hakuna Matata” which means “No Worries”.

weiterlesenAmazing Tanzania Experience – Part 1

Few of us are able to say that we’ve never fantasised about what it would be like to lose track of time as you lie beneath the warm rays of the sun, your fingers sifting through the soft white sands that surround you, with the lapping of the ocean nearby as the only sound you can hear. As the sun travels across the azure blue sky, you even imagine the feeling of weightlessness you experience as you wade into the ocean and submerse yourself beneath its warm waters.

weiterlesenThe White Beaches of Zanzibar

Large parts of Mount Kilimanjaro forest cover are currently being consumed by flames which have been raging since Sunday afternoon. Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), which manages the Kilimanjaro National Park within which the mountain is located, has stated that the roaring fires were on the northern slopes of Africa’s highest mountain which are in Rombo District.

weiterlesenMount Kilimanjaro Forest Goes Up in Flames

In Dar Es Saalaam, Tansania, a deal was discussed – ivory buyers from Asia talking to two black-market ivory traders – finding out the quality of the ivory, the inventory, reliability …  After the questions have been answered, they all head to a secret destination to view some of the sample stock. This is a deal that is done daily in one of the world’s biggest ivory thoroughfares. Only, this time they are all about to be exposed…

weiterlesenWhere have all the Elephants gone?

Despite the migration consisting of thousands and thousands of wildebeest – the Serengeti Nationalpark and the Masia Mara (where they migrate through) are so huge that sometimes it’s hard to spot them …. hard to believe, but its true! This is why our Jenman East African office and team are tracking the migration all the time and are able to tell us in exactly what part of Tanzania/Kenya the majority are at any given time.

So where is the migration right now? Keep reading!

weiterlesenWildebeest Migration – where are they now?

Written by Don Pinnock.

This will be about a journey to a mountain. It’s called Oldonyo Lengai, Mountain of God. So this is a journey to the mountain of god. Sounds pretty impressive. Actually it’s like no other journey on earth, not only because Lengai is an active volcano called God with an almost perfect cone, but because if where it is – in the Great Rift Valley, Northern Tanzania.

weiterlesenJourney to the Mountain of God – Here we go…

Monday 28th November 9.30am, we meet our guide, porters and cook then head off in the direction of Arusha national park.

Myself and Jenman (East Africa Operations Manager) chief Johan Pfahl, both excited to be on our way to the foot of Africa’s tenth highest mountain, the towering, lesser known cousin of Kilimanjaro.

weiterlesenTrek to Meru