I cannot begin posting about our trip without first saying that this was among the most incredible weeks of my lifetime. While I had been worried that the deal was too good to be true (seriously, $462 for a roundtrip flight to Kilimanjaro??), everything about this trip completely exceeded my expectations. Our hotels/lodges were incredibly comfortable, our guide was extremely knowledgeable, our group was small (6 of us total) and so awesome, food was good, not one instance of illness, weather was perfect, and the animals were out in force.
To everyone who has ever considered traveling to Tanzania: DO IT. Pro-Tip: schedule it for the rainy season on a "La Nina" year -- you get the off-peak prices and (non) crowdedness, while it's still green enough to be extremely photogenic, but dry enough that animals still congregate at the watering holes (i.e. they're easier to find.)
When we left for Africa, my only basis for what to expect on a safari was what I saw in movies/documentaries/YouTube. That meant that I assumed that wildlife would not be as easy to come by as those movies, etc. made them out to be. I still don't know if our experience was typical, but on our drive from Lake Manyara to the Serengeti (not on a game drive, mind you -- just along the HIGHWAY) I could not take a breath without seeing something amazing. The land was teeming with life, and the land itself was breathtaking.
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