Stanley Safari Lodge

Stanley Safari Lodge: ...

... the places we visited in chronological order: March 5-6: Flight from SFO to Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania March 6-7: Moivano Lodge, Arusha March 8-9: Tarangiri Safari Lodge March 10: Lake Manyara Kirurumu Lodge March 11-14: Serengeti  (this is the ...

... see the rising mist of the falls at a distance, we were jazzed about the good stuff yet to come! But first things first! Stanley Safari Lodge This was our home base in Zambia for the next four days, but it was tempting to want to stay here forever!  ...

... first saw the falls in 1855 having heard about the 'smoke that sounds' from the locals. We drove through the town to Stanley Safari Lodge set high up on top of the hill just outside Livingstone. The lodge was amazing with incredible views over the Zambezi ...

... , then watched helplessly as he taunted her by eating the whole sandwich in the tree just over our heads (parallels to the Flames Stanley Cup parade in ’89). For a moment we thought he was even rubbing his belly in satisfaction but, no, it turned ...

... lion sitting right on the road – posing just like the concrete ones at the entrance to the Lion’s Gate Bridge in Stanley Park.  It patiently sat there while we took some photos, then sat up and posed again, yawned, and then ambled ...

Our "camp" for the next two nights will be rather comfortable, our one stay at a lodge during our safari until its conclusion at Victoria Falls - which isn't a lodge anyway (more on all this later). We've come up-river to the Xugana Lodge, about a five ...

... the edge of Vic Falls.  Things were starting to look up.   We arrived at our aesthetically impressive hotel, Stanley Safaris Lodge, and had a drink by the infinity pool on a ledge overlooking the Zambezi River and Vic Falls below.  It's ...

... airport is in the middle of nowhere and the road out is barely paved and very pitted. We drove up to the David Livingstone Safari Lodge, in quintessential African-style, right on the Mighty Zambezi. Unreal. It was a pinch me moment.   We looked ...

In the morning we left the boys to chill out at the lodge and we took a trip to Mukuni Village. John was our guide and he told us about the fact that there had been a village here since the eleventh century. In fact, Livingstone had met a chief of ...

... - only to find the same hippo looking as if he'd barely moved an inch since yesterday. "He's dead!" cried Scott. "No" replied Stanley, "just not very happy." The real prize for the morning game drive was a pair of wild dogs resting idly in some tall ...

... we listened to DJ Saviola spin Latin grooves and watched salsa dancers who filled the outdoor plaza. Every Friday night on Little Stanley Street, free salsa lessons are followed by outdoor music and dancing. We turned in somewhat early as we wanted to be ...

... waving at us, it makes us all laugh. We move on and arrive at a place where there are already a number of safari vehicles - "What is here" we ask Stanley "my friend says there is leopard here" he replies. Now I am very torn, I would like to see a ...

... a couple of minutes to spare and once inside Stanley seemed to relax again. "So, what do you want to see on safari tomorrow?" Stanley asks. We all tell him that we want to see everything, not just the 'big five', but everything, including the small ...

... we can do a bit of shopping and get some lunch before he takes us to the airport. It was really sad saying goodbye to Stanley, he's such a genuinely nice person and we'd become friends with him. Stanley is one of those people who have a very kind nature ...

... . Along the way we saw hippos, baby crocs, monkeys and had an absolutely cracking view of two cheetahs. When we arrived at the village Stanley was greeted by someone who he spoke to for a minute or two and we were then greeted by a number of people, who ...

... our jeep.  After we watched him for a while we headed off in search of more animals.  Every time that our tracker, Stanley, would spot something, John would do whatever he could to get as close to the animal as possible.  If it meant taking ...

... discussed with him the goals for the project. Bender would be happy if we interviewd approximately 20 or so people. We followed Stanley around greeting people. We managed to interview 3 people today! (a retired school teacher, a pipe attendant and a shop ...

... best left out of this paragraph.  More famously, the lakeside port lies 8km from Ujiji village, where Henry Morton Stanley muttered his immortal words to David Livingstone. Stand on the greeting spot, and unsuccessfully try and see Lake Tanganyika ...