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Mike McHugh
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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