Anyone who knows us, knows that, well...we do things at our own pace. So 1) after a two year hiatus I'm resurrecting the Kristen & Chris blog and 2) the reason I am is the trip of a lifetime that I just have to document!
I think before Chris and I even got engaged we had discussed a honeymoon. From the beginning there were really only two choices: a Spain-Portugal-Morocco trip or an African safari. Having lived in Hawai'i, we personally didn't feel the need to do a "beachy" honeymoon. Ultimately we thought an African safari sounded so different, so exotic, so much of a once-in-a-lifetime thing...we just had to do it.
We've been dreaming (particularly me) of this trip for at least five years. Through three years of grad school I held on to this idea that as soon as I graduated we'd go. So at least five years after we first talked about it, a two year engagement, being married two years ago (mixed in with three years of grad school) I write this blog post in the MIDDLE OF THE F'ING SERENGETI!
I'm going to break up this trip into a series of posts and will have to go back to add the pictures since the wi-fi here probably can't handle the photo upload. But first, what has our itinerary been?
Day 1-2 (Aug 3-4): Traveled from DC to Detroit to Amsterdam to Kilamanjaro airport; Stay in Arusha's Coffee Lodge
Day 3 (Aug 5): Game drive in Arusha's National Park with our Ranger Tour guide, Godliving; Stay at Arusha's Coffee Lodge
Day 4 (Aug 6): Drive to Tarangire; Afternoon game drive in Tarangire with Godliving; Night safari in Wildlife Management Area; Stay in Tarangire Treetops (treehouses!!!!)
Day 5 (Aug 7): Game drive in Tarangire National Park with Godliving; Walking safari in Wildlife Management Area; Stay in Tarangire Treetops
Day 6 (Aug 8): Travel from Tarangire to Lake Manyara; Stay at the Manor in Ngorongoro
Day 7 (Aug 9): Game Drive in Ngorongoro Crater Park; Stay at the Manor in Ngorongoro
Day 8 (Aug 10): Fly from Lake Manyara Airport to Lobos Airport in the Serengeti; Short game drive en route to camp in Lobos hills area; Afternoon game drive near camp; Stay at Migration Camp
Day 9 (Aug 11): Balloon safari and then afternoon game drive with Moses in the Serengeti; Stay at Migration Camp
Day 10: (Aug 12 - Day I write this) Morning walking safari in Serengeti, afternoon game drive in the Serengeti with Moses; ; Stay at Migration Camp
Day 11 (Aug 13): Game drive to the Mara river in the Serengeti with Moses; Stay at Migration Camp
Day 12 (Aug 14): Fly from Kogatende to Tarime, drive from Tarime to Migori and fly from Migori to Mara; Stay at Sand River Mara
Day 13 (Aug 15): Game drive; Stay at Sand River Mara
Day 14 (Aug 16): Game drive; Stay at Sand River Mara
Day 15 (Aug 17): Morning game drive; Fly from Mara to Nairobi; Stay at House of Waine
Day 16 (Aug 18): Day tripping in Nairobi - Visit to Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage; Giraffe Manor (currently hoping to arrange afternoon tea here!); Marula Studios; Late evening flight from Nairobi to Amsterdam then to DC.
Arrive August 19 in DC!
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