04/08/2024
Perhaps the wildest safari experience in Africa 🐾🦏🦒🦓🍂
Jakob has been to Tanzania with Jean Du Plessis to experience Africa's wildest and most unique safari - by foot in the Serengeti. He just sent a virtual postcard:
"...I'm on the Serengeti with my family - and in the company of our good friend and partner, Jean, with whom we run Journeys Intent ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.
Jean is one of the best guides in Tanzania with an unheard-of and unique knowledge of the Serengeti. He has, among other things, spent the past 25 years exploring the vast plain on foot, so he knows exactly where to be to avoid the crowds (of which there's otherwise plenty in the Serengeti!) 👣
We have explored for 5 days almost without seeing anyone else. Instead of people, we've seen animals (lots of them) and gotten close to nature. It's been quite surreal - several times, we've been in the midst of the migration; surrounded by thousands of wildebeests.
I've experienced the migration before, but never like this. Never this wild and beautiful.
We have also been lucky enough to spot one of Serengeti's very few rhinos, which even the guides rarely see 🦏
Of course, we have also seen the more common animals such as lions, cheetahs, large herds of elephants, hippos, and many different antelope species. 🐆🐘🦁🦛🦒🦓🐃
But the greatest experience was to be alone in the raw and wild nature. To experience the bush on foot with no sound of car engines. To search for the animals and not just drive to where you know they are.
Now we are ready for Zanzibar where Chumbe Island's corals and tropical fish are waiting 🪸🐠
All the best from Jakob
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Feeling inspired? Read more about walking safaris in the Serengeti here:
https://www.journeysintent.com/tanzania/accommodation/wayo-serengeti-walking-camp-serengeti
