From Arusha you can see Mt. Kilamanjaro clearly, and you can climb it, but it

Dec 12, 2019
7:44:20pm

chilango All-American

takes several days. I would have done it if I had another 5 days or so in country, but I needed to get back to work and my kids back to school. I’d like to go back and climb it some day, however.

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alright my world-travelling friends, assuming my wife and I stay together that long, we are planning to go to Afrika

Supercoug [censored]

12/12/19 6:39pm

Cape Town is a must IMO

garyfan

12/12/19 6:42pm

what did you do there?

Supercoug

12/12/19 6:46pm

Hike Table Mountain, there's some nice beaches in the area, Robben Island, the

Dynasty1

12/12/19 6:49pm

Robben Island is definitely on my list.

Supercoug

12/12/19 6:49pm

Table Mountain, and a trip out to Cape Point (where Atlantic and

garyfan

12/12/19 6:49pm

This is true

shakarocks

12/12/19 9:35pm

Also hit Durban if you get the chance

shakarocks

12/13/19 8:19am

Check out dickjensentours.com

blueriv

12/12/19 6:43pm

thanks!

Supercoug

12/12/19 6:47pm

Important to make sure you get the ‘jensentours’ part complete.

Zaphod

12/12/19 7:05pm

RE: Important to make sure you get the ‘jensentours’ part complete.

blueriv

12/13/19 5:21pm

Playing with Lions is super cheap

4th and Niner

12/12/19 6:58pm

We did a week at Kapama Game Reserve in Kruger and a week in Capetown

OceanMang

12/12/19 6:58pm

We stayed at Jock Safari lodge in Kruger.

j-woot

12/12/19 7:04pm

We did Tanzania a few years ago, I highly recommended it. We did a safari with

chilango

12/12/19 7:15pm

Wow. I’m interested in the bushmen thing. Sounds fascinating.

Supercoug

12/12/19 7:17pm

They’re known as the Hadze peopla. It really was fascinating. I was afraid that

chilango

12/12/19 7:23pm

From Arusha you can see Mt. Kilamanjaro clearly, and you can climb it, but it

chilango

12/12/19 7:44pm

Did my mission in South Africa. Be safe. It is the murder/rape capitol of the

valleus

12/12/19 9:26pm

That said, Botswana is a gem. Relatively peaceful, some of the largest

valleus

12/12/19 10:05pm

You do have to be careful but you can also travel through South Africa and never know the crime is there.

Tokolosh

12/13/19 8:29am

South Africa is a different beast...rape is very common

valleus

12/13/19 10:53am

The townships have always been violent

shakarocks

12/13/19 12:20pm

There are plenty of areas in Soweto I'd walk freely before doing so in downtown Jo-burg.

Tokolosh

12/13/19 12:50pm

Sure but you know where to go and when to do it

shakarocks

12/13/19 1:59pm

Legends Safari (entebeni) in Mokopane South Africa

CocaColaRecovery

12/13/19 12:19am

From what I understand Entabeni is absolutely beautiful terrain but doesn't have the same animal density as Kruger or...

Tokolosh

12/13/19 8:37am

We went to both and Entebeni was the better of the two

CocaColaRecovery

12/13/19 9:57am

Sounds like Entabeni is like Madikwe. More open terrain and you get the benefits of a private park.

Tokolosh

12/13/19 10:00am

I definitely would recommend going to Kruger + a private park

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