A couple weeks ago, I posted about our upcoming trip to Tanzania. We’ve continued on with our planning and now have a better idea of what’s possible and how best to trade-out the various components to get the experience we want.
Most of you know that we plan our travels independently. Aside from the honeymoon eons ago and India, all of our travels have been booked and planned on our own. But, as we’ve gotten braver along the way–and more willing to travel to places out of the usual European set, we’ve become more willing to enlist the help of experts because good travel resources are hard to find for these areas.
We lucked out with an AMAZING contact in India who helped us to plan the Southern Indian jaunt in 2007. Now, we’ve found an AMAZING resource for Tanzania. The team’s located about 45 minutes south of London (in Dorking). And while it’s a haul to travel out to visit them, we decided to make the effort yesterday. Time very well spent. Tracey, our planner, and her husband started African Travel Resource 8 years ago. They’re very well traveled in the area and really listen to what you want to get out of your experience. With their knowledge of the area (really specializing on Tanzania for 8 years), they’re able to offer the type of advice that a local would.
Check out their Web site at www.africatravelresource.com.
With Tracey’s help, we’ve been able to plan our ideal journey. We’ll intersperse driving safari with on-foot experiences. We’re very excited about a walking safari in the Tarangire and an eight hour hike through the African Hills. With this and a bit of snorkeling at Zanzibar, we’re looking forward to seeing the beautiful African landscape, meeting the locals (both people and animals) and challenging ourselves to some physical activity to break up the car time. Yay Tracey!
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