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lodges in tanzania
Considering joining a group for a photo safari in Tanzania next
January. Anyone have experiences with any of these lodges as far as game viewing (and birds) opportunities and comments about the lodging and food? Also, is petty theft as big a problem as it is in Kenya? Tarangire Safari Lodge 2 nights Lake Manyara Serena Lodge 2 nights Ndutu 5 nights Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge 4 nights Thanks for any help. |
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All of the lodges in your itinerary are good.. You have
found a smart operator, to put you at Ndutu for a long stay in January when the migrating herds are likely to be all around the area. 4 nights at Ngorongoro is unusual. The experience doesn't vary much from day to day, so 3 days of game viewing there could possibly be repetitious. |
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Dave Patterson wrote: All of the lodges in your itinerary are good.. You have found a smart operator, to put you at Ndutu for a long stay in January when the migrating herds are likely to be all around the area. 4 nights at Ngorongoro is unusual. The experience doesn't vary much from day to day, so 3 days of game viewing there could possibly be repetitious. Depends how long you spend at each place. We can easily stay 'parked' for three hours at a time, watching, drawing and photographing. When we went, we booked three nights, and our tour operator thought one day was enough, and suggested we might go to/climb some hill nearby, can't remember the name, but even after two full days we hadn't been to every area: just skirted the lerai forest area for example. Isn't there also a lake nearby which would be another possibility (maybe mostly of interest to birders)? Slainte Liz -- Virtual Liz now at http://www.v-liz.com Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Seychelles; Galapagos Photo blog of Make Povery History rally in Edinburgh 2 July 2005: http://www.v-liz.com/g8rally/protest.htm |
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Dave Patterson writes ...
All of the lodges in your itinerary are good. Thanks Dave. You have found a smart operator, to put you at Ndutu for a long stay in January when the migrating herds are likely to be all around the area. Good to hear ... 4 nights at Ngorongoro is unusual. The experience doesn't vary much from day to day, so 3 days of game viewing there could possibly be repetitious. If this is his only mistake I'll be very satisfied Actually everyone is nuts about photography, including birds, and typically spend days 'working' a single locale for exceptional images, so perhaps this is not a problem. Here are some shots one of the trip leaders took last year for examples ... thanks for your input. Do you arrange trips in Tanzania? We may go back next year on a smaller scale. http://meowcat.simpli.biz/~amorris/toddtanzania/ Bill |
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