A lone African giraffe at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
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A plane coming into a small landing strip in the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. It’s people coming in for the day to visit the park. So far, the Serengeti, which I visited earlier during this trip, is still my favorite. (Oct. 19, 2024)
A baobab tree at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
You can see its tail and some spots on the body but that’s the illusive leopard at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
You can see its tail and some spots on the body but that’s the illusive leopard at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
You can see its tail and some spots on the body but that’s the illusive leopard at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
Zebras at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
Zebras at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
Zebras at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
Zebras at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
More beautiful impalas grazing at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 19, 2024)
Leaving the Mikumi National Park, these signs are on both sides of the toad because the park is not fenced so the animals can and do cross over from side to side. And there are fines for killing an animal crossing the road. In USD, it’s $15,000 for killing an elephant; $1,200 for killing a zebra; $500 for killing a hyena and $450 for killing a warthog. (Oct. 19, 2024)
After our game drive at the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania, we left our Tan-Swiss campsite for the 5-hour drive to our next campsite in the Old Farmhouse in Iringa, more specifically the village of Kisolana for the night but it was slow going because of heavy traffic. (Oct. 19, 2024)
I’m not sure what Edwin, our Intrepid driver Laban, our Intrepid leader, and even Ibrahim, our Intrepid cook negotiated with the traffic police but we were able to get ahead of the traffic on the Morogoro-Iringa Road that was backed up for a couple of miles. (Oct. 19, 2024)
And this is why traffic was backed up for a couple of miles, a horrible accident of two petroleum tankers colliding with one burning down along the main road connecting Malawi to Zambia, the Morogoro-Iringa Road. (Oct. 19, 2024)
It actually looks like three vehicles were involved in the accident that occurred earlier in the day that caused the backup along the Morogoro-Iringa Road on our way to Old Farmhouse in Iringa, more specifically the village of Kisolana. (Oct. 19, 2024)
It actually looks like three vehicles were involved in the accident that occurred earlier in the day that caused the backup along the Morogoro-Iringa Road on our way to Old Farmhouse in Iringa, more specifically the village of Kisolana. (Oct. 19, 2024)