the people and villages of tanzania

On our two week overland trip in Tanzania, we covered quite a large distance. We started north along the border with Kenya all the way southeast to the city of Dar Es Salaam. Along the way, we were fortunate enough to visit a few villages, some small enough to be just a quick blip along our route to larger ones, full of hustle and bustle.

stone town, zanzibar

After seeing all of the animals on Tanzania's mainland, we hopped a ferry taking us from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city to the island of Zanzibar. After the quick two hour ride, we disembarked at the main port and walked to our hotel in Stone Town. 

ngorongoro crater

In order to get to the entrance of the Serengeti, our jeeps followed the road that hugs the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Forming around two to three million years ago when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself creating a two thousand feet deep hole in the earth, the crater and surrounding highlands together form one of Africa's most beautiful regions. 

serengeti national park

Visiting the Serengeti seems to be on everyone's travel bucket list (and rightfully so). This most famous of the national parks throughout the continent of Africa boasts over five thousand seven hundred square miles of grassland plains, savanna, kopjes and woodlands. But the main attraction of the Serengeti is, of course, the wildlife. Over three hundred thousand people travel from all over the globe to this northern part of Tanzania in order to get a glimpse (and take about a million photos) of all of the beautiful animals that roam free in this magical place they call home.