Christmas in Zanzibar! Got picked up by a bush pilot, stopped at another airstrip to take aboard an English family and headed for Dar es Salaam airport for more passengers. Then off to the island of Zanzibar. Checked into the "Swahili House" hotel in Stone Town and went for a walk through the narrow alleyways of this historic quarter. Booked a snorkeling trip to Prison Island for tomorrow with receptionist Sheyla who found me a boat for $20. Christmas dinner and ...

After a night full of mysterious sounds of the African bush I enjoyed breakfast with the Swedish family and went for a walking safari with Kiki, our guide. More than a monkey wasn't in the cards, though. In the afternoon I went on the boat safari I missed yesterday and saw crocodiles and whole herds of hippos. Dinner with the Swedish family down by the river banks. Nach einer Nacht voller mysterioeser Geraeusche des afrikanischen Bushes traf ich mich mit der ...

The bush pilot flew the only passenger of the day to one of the airstrips surrounding Selous NP. Me! ;) Alone in a 12-seating aircraft! Got picked up by safari guide Kiki and drove to the Rufiji river to take a boat over to the Selous Wilderness Camp. Natasha, the manager welcomed me to this oasis of luxury deep in the African savannah. For the afternoon a boat safari is planned. But we're still waiting for a Swedish family to arrive and have some late lunch....

Annemarie managed to get me a bush tent at the Selous Wilderness Camp, a room at the Swahili House hotel on Zanzibar and the remaining flight from Zanzibar to Arusha is confirmed as well. Wow! What a piece of work to organize Tanzania. But now it's done :) Tomorrow morning I fly to the Selous Game Reserve. Time to relax a bit and enjoy the last couple of hours on beautiful Kipepeo Beach. Annemarie schaffte es, mir ein Buschzelt I'm Selous Wilderness Camp ...

Looks like everything is slowly falling into place now :) Got the safari, the balloon and the flight back to Dar es Salaam from Arusha right after the end of the 5-Day safari trip. So today I was working on getting the flights to the Selous Game Reserve, from there to Zanzibar and from there to Arusha. Not the easiest thing to do during Christmas season and on short notice. And nearly impossible if i wouldn't have had Annemarie's help. Today they were Dyn...