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Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 12 & 13: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Aug 13, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 12 & 13: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Our penultimate day of our East African Safari was here and a level of bittersweetness began to hit us. Even though it felt like we had...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 11: Serengeti National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 11: Serengeti National Park

We woke up in the morning and saw our camp for the first time in the daylight. It was even better than I thought. We slept in tents in...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 10: Tarangire to Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 12, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 10: Tarangire to Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park

We woke up very early, once again, as we had a day long drive across Tanzania from Tarangire to Serengeti. After bidding farewell to our...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 9: Tarangire National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 11, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 9: Tarangire National Park

We woke up early in the morning, so early that we needed to be escorted from our tents by the Masai who keep watch all night long. After...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 8: Amboseli to Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 10, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 8: Amboseli to Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Our 6th day of the trip was quite bittersweet as it was the day that we would say goodbye to half of our tour group as well as our two...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 6: Lake Elementaita to Nairobi to Amboseli

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 6: Lake Elementaita to Nairobi to Amboseli

We were able to sleep in until about 6:30 AM (I know, but that is sleeping in on this trip) before heading to breakfast. The breakfast...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 5: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20214 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 5: Maasai Mara

We woke up early the following morning for a sunrise game drive of Masai Mara before we had to leave for Lake Elementaita. Some people...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 4: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20217 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 4: Maasai Mara

We had a very early wake up this morning for our highly anticipated Hot Air Balloon ride over Masai Mara. This was something not included...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 3: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 7, 20214 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 3: Maasai Mara

Jambo from Masai Mara! After lunch at our camp, we boarded our safari vehicles to head out to our first game drive! Since our camp was...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 1 & 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 6, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 1 & 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Jambo! We had our kickoff meeting with our Contiki guide at 6:00 PM where I met my travel group for the next 2 weeks – an unusual, but...

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Contiki East Africa Safari: Day 1 – Nairobi

Mike McHugh

Aug 5, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari: Day 1 – Nairobi

Hello from Nairobi, or should I say Jambo? I landed in Nairobi right on time, to the minute, and we disembarked the plane to proceed to...

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Contiki East Africa Safari: On the Road Again

Mike McHugh

Aug 1, 20215 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari: On the Road Again

Hello from somewhere over Europe! It has been quite a while since I’ve updated my blog because, you know, COVID, but I am finally wheels...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 12, 13 & 14: Amazon Rainforest, Puerto Maldonado & Lim

Mike McHugh

May 24, 20183 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 12, 13 & 14: Amazon Rainforest, Puerto Maldonado & Lim

The following morning we slept in and left for the airport at around 11:00 AM. We flew into Puerto Maldonado where we arrived at around...

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Mike McHugh

May 23, 20181 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 11: Cusco

About half of our group decided to visit Rainbow Mountain during our day in Cusco, but I decided to take it easy and go white water...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 9 & 10: Machu Picchu

Mike McHugh

May 21, 20185 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 9 & 10: Machu Picchu

he big day was finally here, the main event, the reason Peru jumped out to me as a place I wanted to visit – Machu Picchu! Even though I...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 8: Sacred Valley

Mike McHugh

May 19, 20182 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 8: Sacred Valley

After a sleep in (7:45 AM) we departed Cusco on our way to the Sacred Valley – home to Machu Picchu! Our first stop of the morning was a...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 6 & 7: Cusco

Mike McHugh

May 18, 20183 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 6 & 7: Cusco

We arrived into Cusco, the gateway to Machu Picchu, as the sun was setting and checked into our hotel. Unfortunately, the bus could not...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 6: Puno to Cusco, via Raqchi

Mike McHugh

May 17, 20182 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 6: Puno to Cusco, via Raqchi

All of us, groggy and tired, boarded the bus to Cusco before sunrise. This was a long day of driving, so we hit the road early so we...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 4 & 5: Puno & Lake Titicaca

Mike McHugh

May 15, 20184 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 4 & 5: Puno & Lake Titicaca

We arrived in Puno just in time for dinner, so we checked into our hotel and headed out to explore the town. There is a main street,...

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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 2, 3 & 4: Arequipa to the Colca Canyon

Mike McHugh

May 14, 20186 min read

Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 2, 3 & 4: Arequipa to the Colca Canyon

We finally arrived in Arequipa after a long day of airport delays, just in time to grab a late lunch at a gorgeous outdoor restaurant...

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