You travel all the way to Tanzania you should do a safari

This is the final installment for the recent mission team visit.  Every team that comes over should in fact do a safari because it is a part of the overall experience that is traveling to Tanzania.  In the past I have always recommended going to Ngorongoro for a one day trip and it is still an excellent place to go.  However, it is more expensive than most of the other trips because they charge per person and for the vehicle both and it is one of the most popular safari sites in Tanzania which leads to a lot of people being there.  In fact during the June-August tourist season it is not uncommon to have wait in a vehicle line of 10 or more safari trucks trying to roll their group into picture taking position of the main attractions.  Some times it feels a little more like a zoo than a safari.

I have started to recommend Tarangire more often because it is less expensive and the only vehicle crowding issues are at the lunch spots.  They have a great viewing of wildlife with herds of elephants, plenty of giraffes, the typical wart hogs, zebras, gnu (wilderbeast), antelope etc.  Normally it has not had lions, but this last trip there was one breeding pair of lions and the female had a tracking collar so they were able to direct us to the location.  

This is the fast food antelope I mentioned from previous trips.  the black streaks on his rear and tail form an "M" for McDonald's and since they are fast....

This year the team had the chance to do two safaris on the back end of their trip.  The second one was to Arusha National Park which is the home to two specific type of monkeys.  One is very special in that it has no "thumb" and it has long flowing hair.