Bwana Elaina here… Back to our roots! After staying at the wonderful Mapito Tented Camp, only marred by Kevin and Nick feeling poorly, we departed for the Ngorongoro Crater where we would witness the unparalleled beauty of one of the world's most unchanged wildlife sanctuaries. Once again we crossed the bridge, where below, many hippos wallowed in the stagnant foul smelling water. Later there were troupes of baboons, playing with their young and caring for ea...

Mama Laurel here… This morning Elaine was feeling better than yesterday & joined us for breakfast, but Kevin and Nick weren't feeling too well. We set off anyway into the Serengeti National Park, but after an hour or so had to turn around to bring Kevin back as he was really unwell. Nick opted to continue with us and seemed to be on the improve… well, until lunch time anyway, then he really started going downhill and was quite unwell by the time we retur...

Bwana Nick here… We departed Lukuba Island, picked up by a dhow fishing boat, the passage was very calm across Lake Victoria spanning some 28kms. We encountered our first sighting of the day, being a huge cluster of flies numbering in the millions, 'no bull'! Took the highway towards Musoma, along which the landscape is nice and lush with rolling hills. We encountered many small tribal villages along our journey. We passed thru Bugima, which is where Tanzania...