The Manor & Ngorongoro Crater

We arrived safely at The Manor from the Lake Manyara Airstrip, and what a place! It is actually many different buildings including a reception building, the main house with a dining room, various sitting rooms, a bar, grand piano, etc. There is a stables for horseback riding, and the lodging is in buildings with two suites per unit. We had a late lunch on the terrace overlooking the coffee plantation. This is truly a special place.

This is the main house where the dining room is as well as several other sitting rooms, a bar, a grand piano, a media room, and a terrace looking out over the coffee plantation.

This is the back of the main house.

A shot of the main hall in the main building.

This is one of the cottages that houses two suites.

A shot of our suite. It was absolutely gorgeous.

Tarangire to Manyara

Today, July 10th, Linda and I moved on to another spot in our safari journey. We left Treetops at 8:00 am and did a game drive on the way to Kuro Airstrip for one last chance to see the Tarangire animals.

We said our last goodbyes to Nicholas, our butler at Treetops.

On our way to the Kuro Airstrip we spotted another dik dik.

And we also saw a candelabra tree, so named because of the cactus-like branches that grow upwards.

And we learned about ostrich mating rituals. When the male is ready to mate his neck turns reddish pink.

And the female stomps the ground and spreads her wings in an effort to attract the male.

We finally arrived at the airstrip and boarded our Cessna Grand Caravan. The pilot is another Spaniard, and he offered for someone to ride co-pilot. Of course, I volunteered.

After a short 20-minute flight we landed on an airstrip that ended at the escarpment down to Lake Manyara. What an exciting landing! Our driver, Lorri, met us, and we loaded up the Land Cruiser.

On the way to The Manor, our country estate hotel, we spotted lots of baboons.