Southern and Eastern Africa (video)
Watch another episode of Latitudes as we journey to southern and eastern Africa. We explore Zambia, Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, South Africa, Tanzania, the Serengeti and Kenya.
Last Day in Africa: Nairobi to Joburg
Sunday – September 5, 2010 – My brother Jeff and I woke up at the painfully early hour of 4:30 a.m. Such is the sacrifice for traveling to east Africa. We left Stanley Sarova Hotel in downtown Nairobi at 5 a.m. for Jomo Kenyata International airport. We had […]
Off to Kenya and Nairobi
Saturday – September 4, 2010 – After awaking, our French host Eudora cooked us breakfast. We filled out our safari review surveys online and lodge owner Jonathan let us use one of their computers to confirm our flights. I even checked my email wirelessly on my iPod. Reluctantly, we said goodbye to our […]
Serengeti Day 6: Into Ngorongoro Crater
Friday – September 3, 2010 – After we awoke about 5:30 a.m. this morning, we ate continental breakfast at our lodge. Before departing at 6:30 a.m. for our tour of Ngorongoro Crater, we gave fellow traveler John our tips. John added our tips to two envelopes that we would present […]
Serengeti Day 5: The Great Migration, Live and in Person
Thursday – September 2, 2010 – Today we hoped to hit the wildlife jackpot and actually see the Great Migration! We woke up early and prepared for a spectacular day in the northern Lobo area of the Serengeti near the Kenyan border. Leaving the lodge, we saw our […]
Serengeti Day 4: Northern Serengeti and the Lobo Area
Wednesday – September 1, 2010 – We woke up early for a morning game drive in the Serengeti near the Seronera lodge before coming back for lunch. We then left for the long drive to the Lobo area of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The Lobo area is […]
Serengeti Day 3: The Search for the Big Five
Tuesday – August 31, 2010 – This morning, we woke up and had breakfast at the buffet. Then we grabbed our cameras and boarded our Land Cruiser. We went to a Serengeti research center for a two-hour walk through exhibits. While at the center, take the opportunity to […]
Serengeti Day 2: Olduvai Gorge and Seronera
Monday – August 30, 2010 – This morning, we all met up for breakfast in the restaurant. We slept well and the continental breakfast was superb. Then we packed up and left for the Serengeti. Leaving Lake Manyara Lodge, drove through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National […]
Serengeti Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara
Sunday – August 29, 2010 – This morning, we woke up refreshed and excited about our lifelong dream of going on an African safari. We are not hunters, so this was going to be strictly a sightseeing and photo safari. I took my luggage up to the main […]
Journey to East Africa
Saturday – August 28, 2010 – This morning we had to get up at 3:30 a.m.! It was going to be one of our most logistically-challenging flight days. Thankfully, our concierge Yusuf arranged for a taxi driver named Avril to pick us up the night before at the […]
Down to the Cape of Good Hope
Friday – August 27, 2010 – We began the morning with breakfast at the Bay Hotel buffet. Not long afterwards, our guide Alex picked us up and drove us and a retired Tasmanian couple on the Daytrippers Cape Tour. We toured around Cape Town and saw amazing views […]
Touring Cape Town
Thursday – August 26, 2010 – Upon waking up on Thursday morning, I went to the window of our back-facing room and opened the curtains. I had never seen a more beautiful window view from a hotel room. Seemingly rising above the “backyard” of the hotel, we saw […]
From Zambia to Cape Town
Wednesday – August 25, 2010 – This morning, Jeff and I toured Victoria Falls at our resort one last time and shot some video. Then we grabbed a quick buffet breakfast before catching our taxi to the airport. Our taxi driver told us some crazy stories about security […]
Zimbabwe and Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Tuesday – August 24, 2010 – This morning we walked down to the buffet for a very quick continental breakfast which was included in our stay. Then we left for the activity center to speak with our Bushtracks travel guide expert, David. We learned that our 7:30 a.m. […]
Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park
Monday – August 23, 2010 – Today my brother Jeff and I planned on traveling up to Zambia and Zimbabwe to visit Victoria Falls. We woke up at 5:45 a.m. and checked out of the Metcourt Casino before catching the shuttle to Joburg OR Tambo International Airport. Since […]
First day in Africa
Sunday – August 22, 2010 – During the morning, we woke up over West Africa as we passed over Angola, the corner of Namibia and Botswana as we approached northern South Africa. Soon afterwards we arrived at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Upon arrival at customs in […]
On wings to Africa
Saturday – August 21, 2010 – I have spent many years dreaming of visiting Africa. Like many Americans, my first desires were to go on a safari and see the big five wild animals and the natural wonders such as Victoria Falls. When I was a kid I […]
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