When heading north into Uganda from Rwanda it doesn’t feel like you’re crossing a national boundary. There is of course a border crossing with guards, inspections, passport stamps and the like, but the landscape makes you feel like you’re still in Rwanda. There are hills everywhere, and on these hills are countless women working the […]
We never intended to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mainly because of security issues in the country, however we had the good luck of meeting a very enthusiastic Spaniard on one of our hikes in Rwanda who convinced us to change our plans. Fernando had just returned from visiting Virunga National Park in […]
Bei unserer Entscheidung wo es nach unseren Safari Abenteuern in Kenia und Tanzania hingehen soll, richteten wir uns ganz nach den billigsten Flugpreisen. In der Auswahl waren entweder Uganda oder Ruanda. Die günstigeren Flüge von Dar es Salaam, die größte Stadt in Tanzania, gingen nach Kigali, die Hauptstadt Ruandas. Da unsere Reise nach Ruanda eher […]
Our journey into the great grassland plains of the Serengeti ecosystem began first with a trip into the Masai Mara in Kenya. This park is geographically connected to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and constitutes the northern tip of the greater Serengeti ecosystem. The great herds of wildebeests and zebra roam freely between the […]
Die Masai in Ostafrika sind auf der ganzen Welt bekannt für ihre einzigartige Erscheinung und halbnomadische Lebensweise. Ihr Markenzeichen ist das rote Masaituch, das alle Masai Männer mit Stolz tragen. Wir sahen viele der rot bekleideten Masai rundum die Nationalparks in Kenia und Tanzania. Die roten Tücher sind in der trockenen und eher leeren Savannah […]
We’ve been travelling around the world for the past 6 months now, and not a single time have we felt unsafe, lost money, or had anything stolen from us. That all changed once we arrived in Kenya. We flew into Nairobi and spent a couple of days in the capital before heading out on our […]