Day 305 – Tanzania

August 6, 2010 – Arusha, Tanzania

Eric and I wake up to a damp and cloudy morning. Because of where Arusha is situated among the mountains, with Mt Meru on the horizon and Mt Kilimanjaro not far off, the days tend to start cloudy but it all burns off by the afternoon.

So even though it’s grey outside, we don’t let it dampen our spirits and after a cup of tea and some breakfast, we head off to finalize our safari… it’s scheduled to start tomorrow, so we want to get the final details – ie. payment – taken care of early.

At Sunny Safaris we meet with our coordinator Masha and he goes through the itinerary, answers our questions and of course, processes our payment. He’s very helpful, so it doesn’t take long and we leave very excited for our 9am pick-up the next morning.

Both of us can hardly wait… we are about to experience a private safari in the Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater – pure luxury with our own guide/driver and cook!!!

We spend the rest of the day wandering around Arusha, checking our emails and fending off numerous safari offers.