Although the car ride was long, the scenery made it well
worth it. After sitting in traffic in Dar for 2 hours, when we finally got out
of the city we began our way into the highlands of Tanzania. The mountains were
absolutely beautiful and the weather began to get much cooler. These are some of the first mountains we saw near Morogoro.
About halfway into our drive, we got to drive through Mikumi National Park! My first African Safari! We were told that if we were lucky, we might see some baboons and maybe a giraffe so I wasn’t really expecting much. Not long after entering the park, we began to see a lot of impala, a type of antelope. The first animal we saw after that was a giraffe! It was way off in the distance but I thought we were really lucky and that was probably all we would see. However, we saw a lot more! We saw one elephant, and then we drove a little farther and saw a ton of elephant! It was amazing. I was overjoyed and amazed. I never would have thought that they would live in a place that was so green and beautiful. Everything that you see on TV and movies portrays Africa to be all dry and desert like, but that really isn’t’ the case. Mikumi Park was so beautiful and green.
After leaving Mikumi, we began to really head up into the mountains. The weather began to get really cold! The mountains were absolutely gorgeous though and I couldn’t get enough pictures of them! I couldn’t believe that people live in a place so beautiful.
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