Early morning in Dar es Salaam, we threw a few days worth of clothes and passports in a smaller bag and boarded the ferry to Zanzibar. Two hours later we were in Stone town. The spice island is nothing like Eastern Africa. Its complicated history with the Portuguese, Omani Arabs, Persians and its location as a massive trading hub for India and Asia meant it has a bit of influence from everywhere. For all intents and purposes it is a part of Tanzania, but still ...

The first night in Tanzania we stayed in a reasonably sized town called Arusha. The campsite also serves as a sanctuary for reptiles, aptly named 'Snake Park'. Our tents were set up between the cooking area and the crocodile cage and James shared a shower with a stray tortoise. We left our truck behind at Arusha & jumped in open-top safari jeeps for a few days in Serengeti National Park. On our game drives we saw the usual, plus we added the following onto ...