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Mud hut in a Masai Village at Lake Manyara, Tanzania

by Dean Wickham May 9, 2013 Africa

When I visited Lake Manyara in the Northern Tanzania, I had the amazing opportunity of visiting a local Masai village. The experience was wonderful as I learned about their way of life. This photo is of one of their traditional mud and straw huts with some of the locals standing next to it. These people [...]

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Man pushing a bicycle piled up with bananas in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania

by Dean Wickham December 30, 2012 Africa

As I wandered through the dirt streets of the village of Mto wa Mbu at Lake Manyara, Tanzania, I spotted this man pushing his bicycle piled up high with bunches of bananas. In the midday sun, this must have been very hot and tiring work, but I guess you have to do what you have [...]

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Visiting a Masai Village in Tanzania

by Dean Wickham October 30, 2012 Africa

Rays of sunlight shined through the clouds onto the vast grasslands near Lake Manyara. Our land cruiser kicked up the dust behind it as our driver navigated the rough dirt track through the grasslands. Up ahead I could see a lone baobab tree sitting on some higher ground, it’s bare root like branches standing out against [...]

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Photos from a Safari in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

by Dean Wickham October 17, 2012 Africa

My first African safari experience was in the small Lake Manyara National Park, located on the shores of Lake Manyara in Tanzania. I had spent the morning driving from Arusha with the rest of my safari group, before exploring the small town of Mto wa Mbu where we had set up camp. The afternoon was [...]

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Experiencing Village Life in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania

by Dean Wickham October 9, 2012 Africa

The heat of the midday sun beat down upon me as I walked out of the bright green rice fields I had been exploring near our camp site. Waiting for a tuk tuk to pass by, I crossed the main road and entered onto a dusty dirt street on the other side. The sound of [...]

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Photo of the week: Giraffes in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

by Dean Wickham July 15, 2012 Africa

This week’s travel photo is of a group of giraffes in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Lake Manyara was the first park that I visited on my recent trip to Tanzania, and it was a good introduction to the wildlife that I could expect to see in the country. I was so excited when I [...]

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