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Kizimkazi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kizimkazi, Tanzania
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Bye Bye Zanzibar.
This is a top pick! Before leaving Zanzibar I decided to stop in Stonetown for a couple of days, Afterall, why leave a little bit of paradise sooner than you have to. Stonetown's a great place, I loved the atmosphere of the town as you wander around streets which are ...
Stonetown, Zanzibar
This is a top pick! The ferry over to Zanzibar was fairly traditionally working on African time - it was due to leave at 12, we left at 1.30. Was due to take two and a half hours and took four and a half hours - especially once the captain (generous term) took about 20 ...
This is paradise!
... - it may sound like a cheap postcard but this is Zanzibar reality. And we're in love. Today, our last day at Kizimkazi, we arranged a snorkling trip that took us 30 minutes deeper into the ocean and to an amazing coral reef near some small ...
East Coast Mojito
We all woke up lazily and when our bodies told us to, not because our alarms did. We again had the nice brekky before jumping in the cab to Paje. Paje is one of the bigger beaches on the east coast. We were looking at staying there instead of where we ...
The Swahili Olympics...
... , all this relaxing has a funny way tiring you out so we all headed to bed. Gary and I watched another episode of Mad Men before hitting the pillow. Unfortunately tomorrow is our last full day here in Kizimkazi, we will have to make the most of ...
"So how do you feel about your eggs?"...
This morning I woke up pretty much fully required and decided that it was time for a pre-breakfast swim. I then proceeded to wake my Dad up so that he would come with me. It is so nice to be the ocean first thing in the morning, I think it sets you up ...
2010 Karamba Resort . SandBank Trip
Karamba Resort . SandBank Trip Ciao, ciao, Karamba Resort, dentro de los servicios y actividades que ofrece a sus clientes, existe la posibilidad de pasar un día completo en uno de los muchos Sandbank que el Océano Índico alberga. Hoy he vivido ...
Spice Up Your Life...
... then heading back to the hotel in Stone Town. We had arranged a taxi to pick us up from Stone Town and take us to Kizimkazi (in the south west of the island) where we would spend the next 7 days relaxing on the beach. Our taxi driver was fabulous, ...
Dolphin Safari, Colobus Monkeys and Sea Turtles
At 7am we left Paje for a minivan ride south to Mtende, the Zanzibari village reknown for the numerous pods of bottleneck and humpback dolphins that live and frollick in its offshore waters. There we boarded an outboard motorboat (arranged by ...
Spearfishing Delight...
I woke up around 7am having slept the whole night. I was feeling a bit better but still a little dodgy. The weather was beautiful and sunny and we were in such a beautiful part of the world. After our breakfast of fruit, eggs and freshly backed ...
Resting and lazing by the pool
... Ango-Zanzibar war in 1896 ended after the Royal Navy destroyed the Beit al Hukum Palace and a cease fire was declared! In 1963 it became independent from Britain when Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined they became the United Republic of Tanzania. ...
Zanzibar
I got my visa for Zambia and then took a boat for Zanzibar. There I met Pascal, my French friend. We went out for dinner in the dark, the electricity was still not working. I am not sure if I would have gone out by myself! Later, ...
Picture Postcard Perfect...
As is was our 2nd last morning and the tide was doing funny things in terms of when it was high and when it was low, Mum, Dad, Gary and myself decided to go for a post breakfast swim. As the wind was still quite gusty there was quite a swell and the ...
A Bitter Sweet Diamond of a Day...
Although some new comers to the lodge partied on for a while we still managed a good nights sleep. Gary and I were awake fairly early so Gary suggested a walk along the coast to find a beach. I thought I was feeling a bit funny but dismissed it as ...
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