Justin picked us up at the lodge at 8:30am in the second morning. Our safari tour officially started from Arusha National Park. The perimeter of Arusha National Park is only several miles to Arusha, but its main gate is about 40 miles away from the city. Although the size is small, the park has diversified geographical features, including Mt. Meru, Merella lake, forest and grassland over the Ngurdoto Crater. About an hour later, we parked our car at the entrance. While Justin was checking in at the office, we saw several giraffes walking in a bush about 200 feet from us. It’s our first wildlife encounter in Africa, understandably we were quite excited. The entrance gate leads into shadowy forest. We started seeing more animals, including groups of zebras and buffaloes. We stopped at a ranger
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