Marlin Travel - Swift Current

Africa take two 🎬, part three

Welcome to Zanzibar 🌴🍹🌺 🩵. A visit to Stonetown, a spice farm and prison island with a few quiet days oceanside to relax 🥰

Disclaimer: if you know me you know I could not smell a single thing at the spice farm ☹️….BUT I also could not smell anything at the fish market 😊.

"When you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." — Willie Nelson

~ Kelly

Our tour wraps up in Karatu, where the group had some pool time 💦 and special visits to the Datoga and Hadzabe tribes.

The Datoga are incredible blacksmiths that melt scrap metal to craft tools, jewelry and spearheads ⚒️. The spear and arrowheads 🏹 are traded with the neighbouring Hadzabe. The Hadzabe are one of few nomadic hunter-gatherer’s on earth 🫐🌿. They speak 🗣️a unique language that includes clicking and popping sounds.

A final farewell 👋 dinner with the group in Arusha before some return home and others journey on ✈️👣🚙

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We crossed the border between Kenya 🇰🇪 and Tanzania 🇹🇿 and spent a night on Lake Victoria 💦 , the main source of the Nile. Then two nights right in the Serengeti, where zebras 🦓 graced our doorstep and many others strolled through unbothered. Each night we’d fall asleep under a dark sky ⭐️ to the sounds of the wild 🐘

Serengeti ~ endless plains ~ 🦁 The sheer number of wildlife sightings were staggering and a dream experience beyond my imagination …
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Followed by Ngorongoro Crater with sweeping sights from the rim and vast views of animals, lakes, rivers, woodlands and hills.

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Only three nights, but Kenya 🇰🇪 packed a punch. Highlights include permanent tented camping ⛺️, a Maasai village lunch & tour, hot air balloon ride 🎈, baby warthogs (my new personal fav) 🥰 and many, many lions on safari in Maasai Mara🦁

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Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪

Africa take two 🎬, part two…
East Africa Highlights with Intrepid Travel

On the agenda:

❤️ Loita Hills - Maasai Village
❤️ Maasai Mara National Reserve
❤️ Lake Victoria
❤️ Serengeti National Park
❤️ Lake Eyasi
❤️ Ngorongoro crater

This is my first experience with Intrepid, a small group travel company that offers tours all over the world. Julius is our guide and I look forward to sharing all our adventures.

So far I have seen 3 of the big 5 - do you think I can spot the last two (lion & leopard)? Definitely gonna try my best 🐘🐃 🦏 🐆 🦁

~ Kelly

Two nights inside Akegera National Park, once devastated by neglect and misuse, brought back to life…or should I say “wildlife” by dedicated local communities.

🦛🐊🦏🐗🐃🐒🐘🦒🦓

Highlights include a behind the scenes tour, multiple safari’s plus beautiful views of Lake Ihema.

As we wrap up our time on the National Geographic Journeys; Wild Encounters Rwanda our group reflected on our experiences in this incredible country. It was not only safe and clean, but the hospitality was like no other I have encountered. The people are happy, appreciative and gracious. If it’s something you might be interested in, I would love to share even more. Let’s connect 📞