• Tanzania,  Travels

    Lions and Hippos and Zebras oh my!

    Thoroughly enjoyed the five day safari I did with Tanzania Experience.  Though I booked the trip via African Budget Safaris, the actual tour operator was Tanzania Experience.  Our vehicle was great, our tour guide was awesome, and the accommodation and food were superb and even better than I was expecting.  Saw the “big five” animals, although the elusive rhino was difficult to find and when we finally did see it at the bottom of the Ngorongoro Crater it was from a far distance…I could just make out the silhouette of the rhino by staring hard into my binoculars. Highlights of the trip… Hippos.  What funny looking creatures.  Quite deadly apparently…though when…