Mikumi


Day 21 – 29th June 2019

We headed back to Iringa and from there traversed the Udzungwa Mountains toward Mikumi.  Although we were in a long train of trucks, doing not even 10km’s per hour, the drive was spectacular!  Baboons were dotted all along the pass, running besides the trucks begging for food.  Clearly, they are regularly fed by truckers.  This is really sad, as quite a few of the baboons are killed by vehicles because of this.
 
No sooner were we through the pass when we encountered the baobab forest at Mbuyeni.  The Morogoro Province must have the largest concentration of baobabs in the world!





We arrived at Tan Swiss around 16h00.  One of the Lodge Staff offered to go into Mikumi with Peter to show him where to shop for the supplies we needed.  After a very disappointing dinner at the Lodge, we retired to bed as we had a very long journey ahead of us the next day to Peponi Beach Resort, situated between Pangani and Tanga on the north coast of Tanzania.

Days 22, 23 & 24 – 30 June – 02 July 2019

We left Tan Swiss at 08h00, thinking that the drive would be 6 hours.  The first 50 km’s was through the Mikumi Game Reserve.  These are the fines imposed on drivers for road kills:


To our dismay, we only reached Peponi Beach Resort 10 hours later, and that after getting another scam fine of Ts 10 000 on the T13.  We were that bushed that we decided to have dinner in the Lodge Restaurant, which was at least a little better than the dinner we had the previous night.  We welcomed three relaxing days at the beach.

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  1. UnknownJuly 4, 2019 at 6:08 AM

    Wow, the slow driving sounds a bit hectic.....luckily you made the mp3 hitlists!!!
    Cool Boabab forests!
    Keep an eye out for a marimba, ask at the resorts....peter must check out construction...specifically how the keys(bars) and attached. Have fun!!

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