Anne will write more I am sure but I will give you a quick overview of our time in Tanzania. East Africa is very different from South Africa.

We are in an area of vast open plains with some tree bush areas and long grass that makes it very difficult to spot game. This also creates a ton of tsete flies, nasty critters that sting when they bite. Fortunately not the type that carry sleeping sickness and the bite seems to have no lasting affect like an itchy mosquito bite. Still very irritating and not pleasant. This will pass when the grass dies down and some burning takes place.

That said when you see animals here you see a LOT of animals. Last night we had a group of 21 giraffe and a pride of lions with 16 members. Today we had a large herd of over 100 elephants and went back to our pride of lions again where we saw the two males and a couple of cubs in a tree. In the distance huge groups of wildebeast and zebra. Leopard will probably never be viewed here although they are present and getting the big five probably a rare occurence.

We went to see Sasakwa Singita the expensive property in the Grumeti grouping. WOW - over the top like nothing I have ever seen before. On a hill overlooking the plains. We all went for breakfast and soaked in the ambiance and the view - truly sensational. Tomorrow Ken and I are getting up early and going to see the Sabora tented camp so we will have some knowledge of all the Singita camps here. We will meet the other four at the airport for departure.

The wonderful thing about the Grumeti Singita private reserve is you can go off road. The Tanzanian public game reserves (Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater) you must stay on the roads. That is really not the same for those who have been to South Africa.

Tomorrow we start the long trek back home. From Singita to Mt Kilamanjaro airport (no idea how many stops on the way) then a flight to Nairobi and then the BA flight to London at about midnight, and then onward London to Dallas.

Roar lll has been a truly fantastic trip with the exceptionally compatible groups. We had perfect travelling companions, great weather, unique sightings and a ton of fun. Followed up with a great time at the gorillas with Linda, Ron, Gary, Anne, Don and Michele and now Tanzania as well. We all miss Ron and Linda but they are of couse in South Africa now.

Might be hard to get back into the grove on my return!