Travis came to pick me up at Sarah's and he took me and my dad to the Mtwara airport. Our flight from Mtwara to Dar was supposed to leave at 8:15, but it left at 7:45. This boarding pass was one of my favorite things about this trip
We made it to Dar and had 2 hours until our flight to the Selous Game Reserve for a safari. We got to the "old terminal" at Dar to take our "Coastal Aviation" flight to Selous. There were no signs about our flight. The only schedule they had up was incorrect, and no one seemed worried about it, so dad and I just hung out at the gate area hoping we would hear "Selous" from someone.
Miraculously, at 11:15 (just 30 minutes late) a pilot and an airport worker said the Selous flight was ready. There were only 6 people that were on our flight, and there was only room for 8 people anyway. EEEK!
We landed on a dirt runway and dropped off two passengers, and then took off again and landed 10 minutes later at our stop.
(The sign on the tree says, "Coastal Aviation", in the middle of the Selous Game Reserve.
Looking at some hippos from the airplane.
A jeep took us to the "Selous River Camp" that we were staying at for the next two nights. We had a couple of hours to rest, and then took a "Boat Safari" that afternoon.
Our hut. There is no electricity in the camp, so they have solar-powered lights and a fan that you can use at night. There was a charging station available from 6-10 pm at the bar area.
Creepy Crocodiles
Hanging out on a sandbar
Hippos popping up for air.
We had dinner at the camp that night. There are 6 huts at the camp. There were 5 others groups/couples at dinner and only one other group was speaking English.
Our Maasai guard walked us to our hut and we went to bed. We were thankful and amazed that we actually made it to Selous.
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