August 19, 2026 The rain has stopped but Halifax is fogged in!!! I ventured out on a walkabout because I had a few last things I wanted to see. First I headed down to hill to the harbor to see the water one more time. Then back up the hill (questioning why I had gone …
Nova Scotia – Peggy’s Cove, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg
August 18, 2026 The planned walkabout of the botanical gardens for the was quickly derailed when when I looked out the window and it was pouring rain. The harbor was so socked in I could not even see the water!!! We boarded our coach for the planned tour in the rain and hoped that the …
Halifax, Nova Scotia – The Adventure Begins
August 17, 2026 After our overnight flight we arrived in Halifax around 2pm. We dropped our bags at the hotel and headed out to explore the city, Our hotel is at the top of the hill which is great when you are headed down to the wharf but not as much fun when you are …
Arusha Coffee Farm and Home
August 1, 2026 When I was attempting to book our return flight I found out that the majority of flights from Tanzania go though the Middle East! Since that was not safe due to the war we need to stay an extra day in Arusha. To help fill the day we visited a cultural center …
Tarangire National Park – It’s all about the elephants!!!
July 31, 2026 This morning we are going on our last game drive in Tarangire National Park, famous for its massive herds of elephants and towering baobab trees. We arrived to the park around 8:00am and started looking for Elephants but for over 3 hours we saw no elephants. We did see lots of monkeys …
Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Victoria and Rhinos!!!
July 30, 2026 We left camp in the dark with the mist making it hard to see the bumpy, curvy road from the top of the Ngorongoro Crater to the floor of the crater. At breakfast we had discussed what we wanted to see today and top of my list was the Black Rhino as …
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater – A Natural Wonder
July 29,2026 This morning we had a leisurely start to the day and had time to enjoy sitting on the deck and enjoy the beautiful sunrise!! We headed off on our final morning Serengeti game drive. We encountered lots of animals along the way including black faced monkeys, leopards in trees(where we were close enough …
Serengeti – Nature’s Grand Arena
July 28, 2026 We awoke to a chilly morning after a night filled with the sounds of animals in the night!! We are now in central Serengeti far away from the northern part and the wildlife changes from the masses of migrating wildebeest and zebras to hippos, leapords and cheetahs! As we drove we encountered …
Northern Serengeti – River Crossing
July 27, 2026 After breakfast we headed out to find a spot on the Mara river to hopefully witness the great migration. The main purpose for this trip for me was to experience the Great Migration and this time of year it begins in Tanzania. Africa’s Great Migration is the largest overland mammal migration on …
Masai Mara to Serengeti – Crossing Borders
July 26, 2026 Another early day as we are traveling across the Kenya-Tanzania border at Sirari a an 8 hour trip on extremely rutted dirt roads. The rust were so big they could have swallowed our jeep!!!! Thank god for sports bras!!!! At the border we did customs and a quck vehicle swap, then we …