As mentioned earlier this has been my first trip ever booked entirely with a company. And Makasa has turned out very nice, they are still pretty small but very service-minded and helpful, and they've made our vacation a great one. A friend who works as a guide recommended them, so my expectations were high. And I haven't been disappointed.
Sad thing is that I don't really feel like I can say anything about Tanzania, as I've only stayed on the tourist trail these two weeks. In Latin America I could speak to people, naturally here when I don't speak swahili it's a lot more difficult. Not to forget; I had a lot more time there.
The safari was much better than expected — we saw a lot more animals than I dared to hope for. And a lot closer, some came and scratched their back on the car. But travelling on bumpy roads with a baby on your bladder can be a bit tricky, especially when you have ten other safari cars around and 7 lions lurking among them.
Zanzibar was a nice end to the journey. I got a bit disappointed by the food at the hotel in Nungwi. When lunch is very expensive (by Tanzanian standards), and you are in an island famous for spices, I expect to find something more tasty on the menu than sandwiches, pasta bolognaise and pizza margarita. Some of the dinner was also very tasteless, only spiced up a little with normal black pepper. In their defense, a couple of nights the dinner was very good (as a tip; order the vegetarian option, it seemed to be the only spicy one). Hopefully they might change it one day, and try for tasty, local food rather than tasteless european.
As for timing, ours seemed to be perfect. At the end of may you get the big migration in Serengeti, with lots of wildlife — and you'll get low season rates. The rainy season has just finished, and europeans still haven't invaded the national parks. In may/june it's also low season with low season rates on Zanzibar, while the weather is pretty nice and not too warm. "Only" 30 very humid degrees.
All in all, highly recommended to take a trip to this part of Africa!
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Er de ikke det er det en viss fare for at de forsvinner.