African Safari

The day after reaching Moshi, Sandy and gang proceeded on the Safari while we decided to rest for a day. We lazed around Moshi and also used the time to find a Safari operator. We met one who led us to his hole-in-the-wall office to sign the deal. We backed out after he introduced us to his "guide" who would barely speak and seemed drunk. We finally found another operator we felt we could trust - Kindoroko Safari.

We signed on a deal for a five-day USD 1,200 tour, which would give us a Van for ourselves, a driver and a cook. After a week on the mountain eating relatively bland food, we were hungry for spicy Indian food and Kindoroko arranged a cook ("Happy" or Hepi) that knew some Indian recipes. We accompanied Happy to an open-air market in Arusha and Aradhana helped her buy vegetables and other ingredients needed for Indian dishes. My main contribution was to insist that we have a lot of Mangoes for the trip.

We planned to visit four parks - Tarangire, Ngorongoro Conservation Park, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara, with a stop at Oldupai on the way.