Hotel Kipepeo

... would do for the next 5 days, decided to head south of Dar Es Salaam out of the horrible city to the southern beaches - Kipepeo. What a transition! We had to get the Kigamboni ferry over Dar harbour which only costs 10p (TSH200) from the fish market. This ...

Up at 4:30 and breakfast at 5am this morning. Unfortunately we hadn't pinned our flysheet properly so the morning dew came through the tent and some of our stuff was a little wet. I also had left my towel on top of the tent so this was pretty damp too. ...

... to Mike, Marie, Angelo and Lia who were leaving the truck. The ferry ride back to Dar was worse than the way out, but I slept most of the journey. In Dar we had some more free time before returning to Kipepeo where we relaxed for the rest of the day.

... one island. So nice after 2 days in the train and 2 more in that crowded city. We took a minibus taxi and went to Kipepeo Campsite, a good spot for campers and Over Land trucks. I wanted to stay only 2 or 3 days around this area before heading north to ...

... Our own fireplace and everything! Dar es Salaam is a huge busy metropolis so we stayed outside the town itself in a camp ground called Kipepeo (which means butterfly in Swahili). In order to get here though, we needed to cross the harbour in a ferry. The ...