HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ‘MTANZANIA TEMBELEA TANZANIA’ TOUR WITH LAKELAND AFRICA

Our Tanzania tourists eating lunch at the famous table in Butiama.

Here lies Mwalimu Nyerere in Butiama. Our tourists in a photo together with his son Madaraka Nyerere — at Butiama.

Chatting and drinking an evening tea-camping at the Saadani National Park.

Domestic tourists taking a photo together before leaving for Ngorongoro Crater.

On 27th December 2012 we concluded our first ever tour that carried domestic tourists to 10 fantastic destinations within Tanzania. It was a wonderful 14 days trip covering wildlife, culture, history and archaeology.

I hope that this is the beginning for Tanzanians to adventure for culture, history, nature and love of their nation. We will make it affordable but in the end only Tanzanians can decide whether it is worthy spending money for a holiday like this.

Big up for those 15 people who travelled with us. We now look forward to the year 2013 whereby there will be more trips (day tours, weekend tours and long distance adventures)

Here are the highlights of what happened within those 14 days

1) We slept at the beach by the Indian Ocean at Saadani National Park (the only national park bordering a sea) and we went to the beach at night and did a game drive at saadani,

(2) We went on a sunset cruise on River Pangani and saw the historical pangani town. As we entred the Indian Ocean from the Pangani River coming back from cruising River Pangani our tourists started jumping into the sea and swimming to the shores

(3) We slept at meserani Snake Park in Monduli and met other 6 overland trucks and at night we... all went to the same bar for a drink. At the campsite it almost looked like a carnival. The bar must have included so many nationalities on that night as each truck carried about 20 tourists

(4) We camped at Tarangire where there were so many elephants about 10 metres from our tents

(5) It is always said that a Giraffe never lie down and that sleeps while standing. We came across a Giraffe lying down in Lake Manyara National Park and stood up when we got there

(6) We saw a lion in action in Ngorongoro Crater- The lioness was lying in ambush and then run so fast to attack a buffalo

(7) In Serengeti National Park we meet cheetah walking about and saw a cheetah on a tree

(8) We celebrated Christmas at the middle of Serengeti with other three trucks from South Africa and another with people from as far as Australia

(9) We visited Butiama-the home of the founding president of Tanzania, Mwalimu Nyerere.

We were welcomed and were given a tour by his son Madaraka Nyerere who later prepared lunch for us and we ate lunch at the Mwalimu Nyerere's family table. We used a table that every president in Tanzania, mandela, Museveni and you name them has sat on. Then we asked Madaraka what it feels to be him and this questions and answers took 3 hours while sitting on this historical table in this historical place

(10) We had a fantastic night of traditional dances in Musoma town. For more photos of our tour join us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/lakelandafrica