Our Room on Lupita Island

DAY 6 - On to Lupita Island

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June 28th 2011
The next morning we left the Serengeti for Lupita Island on Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania.<span><span><span> It would be a three-hour flight from Seronera to the airstrip at Kipili.<span> We really hated to leave the Serengeti, especially since we never found a black rhino, or even a white one, but we looked forward to relaxing in luxury at Lupita.<span> We flew ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » West

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more