Day 1
July 10, 2011
We arrived last night after our long trip. We flew from Miami to Detroit to Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro Airport. After we cleared immigration, the Tauck Tour Director was right there to meet us. We had an hour bus ride in the dark to our first property, the Serena Mountain Village in Arusha Tanzania. This property is beautiful. Each unit is like a villa on the top of the mountain looking down on the lake.
This morning, Cathy & I took the nature walk. Advertised as an easy one hour walk through the lodge, this was much more intense. It was about two hours as we circled the five mile lake. We were the only two on the tour, and our guide, Lucas, was extremely knowledgeable. We saw all kinds of birds, giant lizards, monkeys and even a massive ant colony on the move. The walk was more like an intensive hike, going up and down the paths.
After lunch, the four of us and another older couple did a canoe trip. Since the lake was calm, it was an easy row around. We really enjoyed the views, and were able to get much better pictures from the lake than the walk. My one complaint was that it was too short. We would have loved to have more time to get pictures and just take everything in.
We expect that today was one of the most physically demanding days of our trip. It was great walking and rowing, but with the actual tour starting tomorrow, it will probably be more time in the vehicles and short walks and listening to the guides.
By the way, the food and service has been excellent. Also, we noted that a Globus group was also staying at this property.
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