Serengeti sunset

Dizzy Heights - 5th - 10th Feb 06

---

February 5th 2006
Apologies for the mammoth entry but we've seen so much in such a short space of time so we'll skip to the highlights and try not to ramble on too much. On Sunday we drove out from Kenya to Arusha in Tanzania and on Monday started our journey in 4x4's into the Serengeti via the rim of the Ngorongoro crater so named for the noise the cowbells of the Maasai's cattle make. There are 51,000 Maasai in t ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha

---

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