East Africa Safari 2018

Three weeks in Kenya and Tanzania

Lodging

One of the best parts about planning this trip was being able to pick from the many fabulous camps. Some are like stepping back in time or living in a movie. “Camps” is a bit misleading for most of them (although there are fly camps that are legitimately portable tents). Read more…


Itinerary

We’re traveling to East Africa on this trip, specifically in southern Kenya and Tanzania. We’ll start out in Kenya in the Lewa Wilderness and Maasai Mara and then go down through the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, and finally down to Tarangire. Day 1 Nairobi National Park Day 2 Fly to Read more…


How much luggage?

We have a half-dozen flights on wee bush planes in Kenya and Tanzania coming up. Little planes, and dirt airstrips. I’m not the best flyer in the world, so this ought to be an interesting (if slightly terrifying) experience. However, it has implications beyond just taking off and landing several Read more…