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Father and Son Safari

Having never been to Africa before Juan and his son were excited to finally get a taste of the African continent starting with a safari in Tanzania.

On day one they started with a quick trip to the Shadows office in Arusha to have a briefing, as we do with all clients, and for Alex their driver to pick up the last minute things like their lunchboxes, and water, coffee and tea. They then started the 2 hour drive to Manyara National Park, excited to see the flamingoes, elephants, giraffes etc. and crossing their fingers that they might be to see a tree-climbing lion in the park.

Day two they got up early to start the drive to Serengeti National Park. The drive was broken up with visits to Oldupai and a visit to a Masai cultural boma before arriving at the campsite of Kati Kati. The next day was a full day of game driving around central Serengeti ecosystem where they saw lots of the big cats: leopards, lion, cheetahs.

Day four they heading to Ngorongoro crater with a game drive along the way.

An Eventful Family Safari in Pictures

October Safari Sightings in North Tanzania

A 10 Day Safari with Bashiru

A successful Mount Meru Trek

Kilimanjaro Day Tour, Biking, and Lions!

Making the most of Safari - Prep for a whole day out!

Driver and guide, Bashiri took Sean and Jennifer on safari through Tarangire, Central and North Serengeti and Ngorongoro. There is so much to see along these routes. With no time to lose, we always recommend taking a packed lunch with you on safari so as to not waste precious safari time going back to your accommodation to eat. We can organise your lunchbox around specific dietary requirements as well, as was the case with Jennifer who informed us that she needed lactose free lunches.

Just some of what they saw:

• In Tarangire, they saw local migrations, and a lion hunting a wildebeest
• In Central Serengeti they saw leopards, lions, buffalos and elephants. One of the lions that they saw chased and captured a hartebeest
• In North Serengeti they witnessed the great migration pass the famous Mara River!

Bashir sent us some of the photos that he took along the way! Here they are below:

Elephants, Tarangire National Park

Leopard in the tree, Serengeti

Giraffes and elephants around a small waterhole

Sunset in the Serengeti

What a Safari - Animals, Culture, Landscapes

What a Safari!

Karen, Ashutosh and Leeann ventured on a safari of lifetime! There journeyed by spectacular landscapes, history rich cultural sites, and of course, what everyone wants to see, the majestic wild animals of Africa and their everyday fight for survival.

Take a look at the photo diary below!

A pride of lions taking cover under some trees in Tarangire

A leopard was spotted sleeping in a tree in Tarangire

An unusual sight where a Wildebeest was killed by some lions in the mud!

Stunning sunset in central Serengeti

Maasai Paintings

At Gong Rock

Another beautiful sunset from the trip!

Hyenas and their prey

Flamingoes in Central Serengeti

3 Day Safari - with lots of animals!

Dor and her boyfriend from Israel just got back from a great safari yesterday with driver Andrew.

Their itinerary included Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park. They saw many animals throughout their safari including Big 5. There was fantastic lion viewing from one of the many waterholes where they saw 2 lionesses (pictured below) with their 6 cubs, they even saw one of the female lions successfully hunt a wildebeest.

Yesterday in Tarangire National Park, they saw many majestic elephants (also pictured below). Tarangire really is one of the best places to go if you want to see Ele's!