Tanzania 5

To visit Tanzania without going for at least one safari is probably a mistake. Penina arranged a comprehensive one for us. Early Tuesday morning Moody and Penina fetched us in a Toyota Land Cruiser. In Arusha Penina made sure we had our lunch packets, said good bye to us and without her we set out for Tarangire national park. It took a few hours to get there, but it was definitely worth the effort.

The park is not the largest but has a lot of elephants. We did not see the bigger groups, where hundreds of elephants can be together. We did however see enough. Besides that we saw cheetah and lion and a lot of other, smaller game.

A male, albino baboon.

We were, as so often, given a lot of facts around the park and the animals, by our guide. He had worked eight years and we believed him.

Before it became too late we left the park and went to the lodge, close to the Ngorongoro crater, where we were going to spend the night. Penina had done a good job. The lodge was nice and the food good.

The chef, Godbless, took me for a guided tour in the kitchen. Among some international dishes he especially pointed to a traditional Tanzanian dish, which consisted of potatoes, bananas, and carrots. All were mashed and then he added green peas and spices.

The chef and his menu,

We went to bed early as we needed to get up early for the Ngorongoro crater experience.