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01/23/2023

King!
Nakuru, Kenya.

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08/08/2022

📍 Ruaha National Park

👉🏾 Did you know the largest population of lions in Tanzania is in Ruaha National Park?

👉 it's in this same park where you will find a large number of individuals in a pride.

👉 Have you ever heard of the Njaa pride 😃, or the Bushbuck pride, Ruaha is full of wonders. This will be the story of the next post.

Visit Ruaha, the Second largest National Park in Tanzania.

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10/20/2021

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10/18/2021

10/10/2021

Just returned from my recent Tanzanian safari. Still magical after 30 plus safaris. I’d like to share the photos from this trip. Too many to post so click on the Google Photos link to enjoy.
Next safari to be posted in the near future. 😊
https://photos.app.goo.gl/EeRRFJRRRphHAsuCA

09/12/2021

08/29/2021

08/26/2021

This picture makes perfect sense when you turn your phone upside down. 😍
📌 Maasai Mara, Kenya
📷: hshphotos [IG]

08/19/2021

08/12/2021

04/04/2021

03/23/2021

Come one. Come all.
September Tanzania Photographic Safari
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02/26/2021

Jambo,

I hope this finds you well.



DEPOSIT DATE UPDATE
With the slow rollout of the vaccinations and people still working on getting vacation dates I will be pushing the deposit date to 24Mar2021. Overall bookings in Tanzania are down and not quite as competitive as it has been in recent years. Therefore, the new date being six months out should be okay. Keep me in the loop if you are still working on getting some things together as the deposit date approaches. Thanks.

COVID NUMBERS
East Africa’s numbers are still very low since my last email about a month ago with the five countries combining for 15,000 new cases and 230 new deaths. The U.S. in the same time period reported 3.8 million new cases and 100,000 new deaths.



TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
This is for the many of you that tell me ‘Next time, next time’. There are several reasons why I am saying ‘Take the opportunity now’. Lower rates than usual (about $400 less than last year), smaller crowds and top guides.

The lower rates are specifically because of the pandemic. Once the vaccinations are done and the crowds return the cost will increase. No doubt.

Before the pandemic, Kenya and Tanzania had absolutely taken off with large amounts of tourists and really competitive bookings (8 months out at a minimum). There will be other tourists on safari this fall but not the crowds there have been in the past or will be in the near future.

On my web site I have a list of seven items that make a great safari ( https://safari-express.com/choosing-your-safari/ ). The animals are number one with a close second being your safari guides. The safari guide is such a big and important part of the equation. Their personality, knowledge and understanding of the animals, their country and everything else within it are a huge addition to every safari. I have been lucky enough to consistently have great guides but this this year’s group is truly exceptional. I’m not just saying it to say it. We literally have a few of the top guides in the country – including – the top guide in all of Tanzania in 2017/18. I have no idea if I will have them all again in the future. Schedules, health, retirement dictates who I have from trip to trip.

Thanks (Asante – ah san tay)

Keep me in the loop. If you have any questions let me know.

Take care and stay safe,
Tim
https://safari-express.com/featuredtrip/tims-signature-tanzania-safari/

02/25/2021

Did you know elephants have the largest ears of any animal in the world? They radiate huge amounts of heat from the network of blood vessels in their ears to keep the giant mammals cool. How ‘cool’ is that?

Come Zuru Amboseli National Park and get up close with elephants with the magnificent scenery of Mt.Kilimanjaro towering over the background.

Photo Credit: Dmitry Nikolaev

01/18/2021

Jambo,

I have had a few questions about COVID-19 and how it would it would affect your being on a safari. I will pass on what I know which is based on today and not what we may see down the road. Vaccinations will change a few things.
The safari will be in East Africa’s Tanzania. The East Africa region (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda) has a little more than half the population as the U.S. It is not much of a secret that the U.S. has done poorly in the handling of the pandemic with almost 25 million cases and over 405,000 deaths. Africa as a whole has had 1/7th the total of cases the U.S. has had with South Africa far and away the highest. Tanzania hasn’t reported their numbers for the last few months so I don’t have any current statistics. However, the entire East Africa region has reported a total of 150,000 cases with 2200 deaths.
This is supposition on my part but one reason their numbers could be so low is their tribes and populations can be more isolated and are more self-reliant than ours. Keeping their exposure to COVID-19 to a minimum.



Tourism Now
Getting there – best two ways to go to Arusha, Tanzania (JRO airport) are via Amsterdam on KLM or from JFK on Kenya Airways through Nairobi, Kenya. Both stops are transit only - not allowed to leave the airport. Wearing a mask is required for the duration of your flight on all airlines and in all airports. When you arrive JRO, you will have a temperature check and need to present a Negative COVID-19 test that was taken within 72 hours of arrival. Mask wearing is required for moving around public areas and all hotels and lodges. When you first meet your guides everyone will be wearing a mask. The lodges in the three parks are on their own with limited movement from the staff anywhere else but on the immediate property. Other lodges will be several miles away. The Serena Lodge in Arusha is also somewhat isolated with its location on the edge of Arusha. It sits between a coffee plantation on one side and a lake on the other. While we do have a scheduled outing in Arusha on the first day it can and will be adjusted according to where we are in the pandemic. You will, obviously, see other tourists in the lodges but for the most part it can be pretty isolated.
Use the links below for further information on what Kenya Airways, KLM and the Serena and Sopa lodges are doing for the Coronavirus:
https://www.kenya-airways.com/en-ke/clean-safety-measures
https://www.klm.com/travel/us_en/prepare_for_travel/up_to_date/flight_update/index.htm
https://www.serenahotels.com/en/press-center.html scroll to Serena Hotels COVID-19 Safety Protocols.
https://www.sopalodges.com/covid-19/sopas-safe-system

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Safari page - https://safari-express.com/featuredtrip/tims-signature-tanzania-safari/
Thanks and take care,
Tim
Email - [email protected]
Phone – 801 580 6824