Today is 27th July 2014 Sunday.
We get up and have BF and start for Lake Manyara. It is very hazy and foggy. We drive down to the Lodge at Manyara. We go to a shopping place owned by an Indian origin Person. We buy some wooden carvings, bead necklaces etc. We want to see a local shop and go to a local shop owned by a Masai . Masai Tribe people live here also. They are different from the Masai of Kenya . Here they are taller and have adapted to modern ways better than the Kenya's Masai .
We come to Lodge have lunch. As usual the staying place is exotic.
We go for game drive after lunch, in Lake Manyara area. It is a thick jungle and not much game is seen here as this is not an open grassy area .
We go to the Lake and see lot of Birds, Pelicans, Geese, Storks etc,. Many of the birds are hatching the eggs.
We see some Zebras, Wildebeests, Buffaloes and also some Giraffes and an Elephant and baboons and few Impalas.
I was told I could see the elusive red Flamingos at least here, as this place is famous for the Flamingos. But the Flamingos are very elusive and am not able to see them. I understood later through the web search, that the season for Flamingos is December and not when we went there.
We could not see many animals, compared to other places because of the dense forest area. It was not easy to locate the animals .
Free Ride on a Zebra!
The Relaxed Wildebeest
The Majestic Impala.
Another Display
Many varieties of Birds
It is amazing to see Birds which look like Locust!
Oh so many of them.
Some more Storks.
What is a Wild Buffalo doing in Birds Territory?
Pelicans.
Some Black birds with Storks.
How lovely this Bird looks.
Giraffes, One last time we are seeing them in this trip.
Birds , Birds and more Birds.
Looks like a Baby . not sure.
Baboons.
Lake Manyara. The view from the Road above the lake.
We decide against taking the night safari.
Next day 28th July 2014 Monday We start for Arusha after breakfast and go to the same place we had gone previously and request them for some packed lunch which they oblige. We decide to go to the base of Mount Kilimanjaro which is called the Machame Gate.
This was not in our schedule, We request the tour guide by paying extra to go there.
We thought we would be able to see the snow clad mountain, but to our disappointment we could not see it due to clouds.
It is more than an two hours journey from Arusha and we go to the base.
For both of us the place is extra special as our two boys had climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro about four years ago from this same route.
Machame Gate.
We have our packed lunch sitting in the base watching many people preparing to climb to the summit.
After lunch,we are dropped in the Kilimanjaro Airport.
It is a small Airport but very nice and neat. We reach the airport by 4.30 p.m. and our flight to Nairobi is at 7.30 p.m. We go to some shops in the airport and buy some knick-knacks.
We reach Nairobi and we take the night flight to Mumbai and reach Mumbai on Tuesday Morning.
We are met by my friend and her family, spend the day with her and the next day we are back in Kuala Lumpur .
My heart is still with the African Wild and given an opportunity I would love to visit the place again. This time would want to go to Serengeti in Tanzania .
Thanks to my hubby for the excellent photographs. The only problem for me was to pick and choose from so many pictures. I really did not know which one to discard.
We get up and have BF and start for Lake Manyara. It is very hazy and foggy. We drive down to the Lodge at Manyara. We go to a shopping place owned by an Indian origin Person. We buy some wooden carvings, bead necklaces etc. We want to see a local shop and go to a local shop owned by a Masai . Masai Tribe people live here also. They are different from the Masai of Kenya . Here they are taller and have adapted to modern ways better than the Kenya's Masai .
We come to Lodge have lunch. As usual the staying place is exotic.
In front of our Room.
We go for game drive after lunch, in Lake Manyara area. It is a thick jungle and not much game is seen here as this is not an open grassy area .
We go to the Lake and see lot of Birds, Pelicans, Geese, Storks etc,. Many of the birds are hatching the eggs.
Storks.
We see some Zebras, Wildebeests, Buffaloes and also some Giraffes and an Elephant and baboons and few Impalas.
I was told I could see the elusive red Flamingos at least here, as this place is famous for the Flamingos. But the Flamingos are very elusive and am not able to see them. I understood later through the web search, that the season for Flamingos is December and not when we went there.
We could not see many animals, compared to other places because of the dense forest area. It was not easy to locate the animals .
Free Ride on a Zebra!
The Relaxed Wildebeest
The Majestic Impala.
Nice Flight.
Another Display
Many varieties of Birds
It is amazing to see Birds which look like Locust!
The Egyptian Geese.
Oh so many of them.
Some more Storks.
What is a Wild Buffalo doing in Birds Territory?
Pelicans.
Some of these Birds look like they are hatching the eggs.
Some Black birds with Storks.
How lovely this Bird looks.
Birds , Birds and more Birds.
Looks like a Baby . not sure.
Baboons.
Lake Manyara. The view from the Road above the lake.
We decide against taking the night safari.
Next day 28th July 2014 Monday We start for Arusha after breakfast and go to the same place we had gone previously and request them for some packed lunch which they oblige. We decide to go to the base of Mount Kilimanjaro which is called the Machame Gate.
This was not in our schedule, We request the tour guide by paying extra to go there.
We thought we would be able to see the snow clad mountain, but to our disappointment we could not see it due to clouds.
It is more than an two hours journey from Arusha and we go to the base.
For both of us the place is extra special as our two boys had climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro about four years ago from this same route.
Machame Gate.
We have our packed lunch sitting in the base watching many people preparing to climb to the summit.
After lunch,we are dropped in the Kilimanjaro Airport.
It is a small Airport but very nice and neat. We reach the airport by 4.30 p.m. and our flight to Nairobi is at 7.30 p.m. We go to some shops in the airport and buy some knick-knacks.
We reach Nairobi and we take the night flight to Mumbai and reach Mumbai on Tuesday Morning.
We are met by my friend and her family, spend the day with her and the next day we are back in Kuala Lumpur .
My heart is still with the African Wild and given an opportunity I would love to visit the place again. This time would want to go to Serengeti in Tanzania .
Thanks to my hubby for the excellent photographs. The only problem for me was to pick and choose from so many pictures. I really did not know which one to discard.
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