Tanzania is where we hit the Indian Ocean coast, thus completing an East-West continental crossing (we had been at the Atlantic Ocean coast in Namibia). The first few days in Tanzania where spent just driving – there’s not much to see between Lake Malawi and Dar Es Salaam. Then we spent some time on the island of Zanzibar. After that Ngorongoro crater and the Kilimanjaro climb (see a separate page in this web-site).
Our guide on the spice-tour on Zanzibar showing us how to eat “the fruit that smells like hell and tastes like heaven” (it really did, too!); a pineapple plant (each plant grows only one pineapple each year)
The holding pen for slaves due to be sold at the slave market in Zanzibar
View of Ngorongoro crater from the rim. Standing from left to right: Eli, Pat, Rob, Bruno, myself, Jo; Squatting: Martine, Jay, Tommy
Inside the Ngorongoro crater we saw a thunderstorm less than a few kilometers away…
Lion in Ngorongoro Crater
Zebra, flamingos in Ngorongoro crater
Vultures swooping down on the left-overs of a lion’s kill
Bruno, Pat, Jay, Tommy watching the animals from the jeep
Masai farmer tending to his herd in Ngorongoro crater (that’s right – the same place where the lions, elephants, etc. roam)