Arusha - Dar es Salaam - London - Bristol
Heading home
16.02.2020 - 17.02.2020
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Baby Boomers - Tanzania 2020
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With a free morning before our flight home, we were hoping for some decent bird watching in the grounds on Kia Lodge. There are, however, surprisingly and disappointingly, few birdies this morning.
House Sparrow
Millipede
Some sort of butterfly or moth - I have been unable to identify it
Dwarf Yellow Headed Gecko
The Fork Tailed Drongo makes it the 158th trip tick (number of different species we've seen on this trip), of which 19 are lifers (new species to us).
Some of our lifers from the trip
We spend some time chatting to a Dutch lady by the swimming pool, chilling in the room, and having lunch, before it is time to leave. The transfer to the airport is by open sided safari vehicle!
We fly via Dar es Salaam, and have a great view of Tanzania's former capital from the air.
Soon the sun is going down and we sit back to sleep our way to Doha and onward to London Heathrow.
The only thing I worry about when we get to Heathrow, is that Big Bertha (my Canon 600mm lens, which, because of its size, I had to check into the hold) arrives in one piece. She does, and all is well in the Howard Household yet again. Now all I have to do is to edit the 55,000 photos I took. Footnote: it took me six months to finish!
Big Bertha in her solid housing.
The safari has been amazing from start to finish, with super accommodation, fantastic company, and some great bird and animal sightings. Thank you again Tillya and Halima of Calabash Adventures, and of course, the wonderful Malisa, without whom the trip would not have been what it was. Love you guys ♥
Posted by Grete Howard 14:54 Archived in Tanzania Tagged sunset flight airport tanzania birding butterfly gecko sparrow heathrow millipede drongo dar_es_salaam big_bertha calabash_adventures kilimanjaro_airport kia_lodge
The end of a wonderful trip! I've so enjoyed following along with you
by ToonSarah