Travel Review: Africa Safari, Tanzania, Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar, Maasai Culture

Animal sightings and tours from each of the various camps we stayed in.   Each camp was so different and our agent kept telling us that but now we get it.  All over the country, there are different wildlife, different terrain and we felt like we were exposed to all of it.  We saw everything that we could have asked for (the big 5) and much more. 

We loved having our own tour guides at each camp and throughout the trip.  We started at Lake Manyara National Park where we saw lots of baboons and birds.   We then went to The Highlands Ngorongoro for the first events and while it was very remote, it was beautiful.  The crater was amazing and truly indescribable.  We saw herds of elephants, a black rhino, a hippo pool.  It was great. We learned a lot about the Maasai tribe and their traditions and way of life.

Our next adventure was Namiri Plains Camp which was in Central Serengeti and located in Serengeti National Park.  We could see for miles and again it was awesome.  There were great rock formations (Kopjes).  You could hear the lions from your tents.  There we saw lions, cheetah, leopards, lions and zebras and wildebeasts.  There were  couple of kills and by having our own driver, we got a birds eye view.  

The last part of our stay was in Sayari Camp which was in Northern Serengetti.  It was amazing.  The terrain was again very different and we had the benefit of the Mara River.  This brought more elephants, giraffes, hippos and crocodiles.   We again saw the cats, zebras, and more that I can describe and ended out trip with a sunset toast.

Finally, we enjoyed a couple of days in a very luxurious hotel on Zanzibar.  I loved it.