Optional tour time and I decided that I could not miss the Serengeti, despite it being the most expensive optional tour of our whole time on the trip. A group of 13 of us set off for a 2 night, 3 day game drive which as it worked out, will be something I will remember for the rest of my life. We had 2 safari Toyota Land cruisers. The locals buy Toyota utilities and then have them modified for safaris. The cars can comfortably seat 9 people. 2 in the front ...

I am camping in a site called Snake Park tonight. It is a campsite that also has a number of snakes, crocodiles, birds, lizards, etc in a section of the campsite - all in their own cages of course. We were lucky enough to arrive on feeding day so at 2pm we got to see the snakes killing and eating sweet little yellow chickens. At times they were still alive and chirping as they went down. It was certainly not for the faint hearted. Bit disappointed that we ...