Safari Part 3: The Great Migration! So this is what they mean by “As far as the eye can see.” From horizon to horizon and as far back as the binoculars show: wildebeests, wildebeests, wildebeests! Thousands upon thousands upon THOUSANDS of wildebeests. Seriously. Lots! Every year over 2 million wildebeests, along with an entourage of
Safari Part 2: For the Birds! In the Pare Mountains I turn to Aaron saying, “Look at all the weaver nests in that tree!” as the van zips down the pass. A couple of weeks ago we wouldn’t have noticed a weaver nest much less identified it, but these are the things you learn while
Safari Part 1: ANIMAAAAALS! Where to start!? Where to start!? Okay, this is at least our 15th attempt to start writing about our safari – so I’m just going for it! This will be the first in a series of blogs to try and cover the high-points, but there’s no way to really describe the
To go on an African safari, first you have to get to Africa. For us, that meant the end of the South American part of our trip and leaving our new friends in Argentina. Sad, but the time had come! Our journey from Buenos Aires to Tanzania was a biiiiit more adventuresome than expected… In
A super short post as we’re in the final, final stages of packing and cleaning so we can leave on Friday, but I couldn’t resist this – we just wrote the check and registered for an African safari in May in Tanzania!!! There’ll be a lot more on it when we get close, but one