Kenya is the country to visit if one wants to experience truly African landscape. This beautiful land of rich topography is the home of thousands of species of wild animals, most of which living in freedom, that is not fenced anyhow. Vast golden savannas, rocky mountains covered by jungle, even pine forests resembling our Polish ‘Bory Tucholskie’. When traversing the country from the bumpy dusty main national road, every kilometer or so there are big herds of cattle, sheep and goats. Among them one tiny, bright red dot is moving. This is the masai shepherd.
Wild side of Tanzania
The mainland of this vast county differs hugely from the slow and sleepy Zanzibar. We narrowed our choice to the Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire National Park. We decided to skip the famous Serengeti National Park, because the great Wildebeest migration had already wondered off (although all the Tanzania’s safari agencies claimed otherwise). We decided to catch up with them Kenia’s Masai Mara.
Hakuna Matata
… one will hear this very often while strolling through the white and windy streets of Stone Town, the heart of Zanzibar. This relaxed and friendly island became a marvelous rest-spot after the long sticky-smelly train journey Zambia-Tanzania. Smiling back colorful faces greet you on every corner with ‘karibu Zanzibar’ (Zanzibar is welcoming you), the reply ‘jumbo poa, mumbo poa’ (how are you? fine) is obligatory. Here the local hawkers are so relaxed, hassle-free and politely inviting, that they no longer seem to threaten as a ‘tourist trap’.