Nungwi beach today…VERY excited!!! This is supposed to be a highlight of the whole tour, blinding white sands, crystal blue waters teeming with tropical fish and nothing to do but relax and enjoy it for 2 whole days!!! The drive north was really pretty. We passed all sorts of little villages and it was very tropical and jungle like. It was only about 2 hours and it seemed like we had barely begun when we started getting glimpses of what was ahead. For so...

Last night we all packed some essentials into smaller backpacks to take with us to Zanzibar for 3 days. The truck, and Vincent, will be staying behind. I'm gutted for Vincent as he's always the one to stay behind when the tour guide and translator go to the island but he's been there before so isn't too bothered. Apparently there is a little restaurant nearby where he spends his time drinking beer and eating pap! Enough to keep Vincent happy for days… He...

We drove slowly through Mikumi this morning and saw a few animals along the way but nothing that we haven't seen already. No big cats unfortunately. The park itself reminded me of driving through the New Forest from Fordingbridge to Cadnam in the spring when everything is really green. It took about the same length of time too. There were a few gravel tracks forking off for the game drivers but the main road through is tarmac and there were lots of local tr...

Within an hour of leaving our campsite this morning we had dropped in altitude so much that everyone removed their jumpers and jackets and settled back into t-shirts and shorts once again. We had a short drive of just a few hours and arrived at the campsite early afternoon in time for lunch. Mandla was quite excited to see this particular campsite as it's a new edition to the itinerary but I have to say I'm quite disappointed. It's really just a building s...

Tanzania today!!! Whilst this is a generally hot country, the weather in the mountainous regions gets notoriously cold and tonight, our campsite is at altitude! That means we'll be getting cold, very cold, for the first time in a long time. I figured I haven't quoted from the itinerary for a while so here we go:- "Tanzania Tanzania is mountainous in the northeast where Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest freestanding mountain, is situated. To the north and...