We made a short stop at Kagunguli, at the oldest Roman church on the island, built in 1895, located near a hill with the same name. We were greeted by friendly sister Linda, who guided us around the premises. Despite the church, there is also the old school and dispensary, which were...
We arrived at Ngoma Ferry Port, where we met Paschal Phares, a renowned Ukerewe-based guide (100 USD/day), and then drove together for about 30 minutes to our parking spot next to the BM Beach Hotel. The next day, we had a full day of sightseeing around the island. We hired a tuk-tuk...
After yesterday’s unplanned off-roading around Bunda, we decided to take a bypass and drove to Ukerewe Island on Lake Victoria. We took a scenic one-hour drive from Bunda to Masahunga Ferry Port to catch the 15:00 ferry, but unfortunately, we missed it. The next was at 17:00, so we...
We left the border around lunchtime, and the plan was to drive as far as possible towards Serengeti NP. But thanks to an excellent algorithm in Google Maps, the navigation sent us to the region with rough, dirty roads between gold and diamond mines. It took us the whole afternoon to get...
We left Maasai Mara in the morning, but we couldn’t manage to arrive at the border before 6 PM. We recalled that on our previous visit, we couldn’t find suitable overnight parking on this stretch of the road. But just around sunset, we drove through Sare and found an old Texas...
Luckily, we arrived at Sekenani Gate just on time to see and experience the Great Migration in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. It is an iconic wildlife event, featuring over a million wildebeest, zebras, and other herbivores migrating in a circular route between the Serengeti National...
We spent 12 days in Nairobi fixing our truck. The original plan was to change the engine oil, as we had already done everything before the last break. However, as usual, we found many other things that stopped working or broke on their own. We repaired the window nets, the leaking fuel...
After refilling our water tank and refueling diesel at Total (3179 TZS / liter) in Mwanza, it took us five hours to travel on a good tarmac road to reach the Isibania Border situated in Northern Tanzania. It is the usual crossing point between the Masai Mara National Park and the...
We arrived in the late afternoon in Tanzania’s second-largest city, Mwanza, known as ‘the City of Rock’. It is the economic heart of the lake region, situated on the shore of Lake Victoria, surrounded by hills strewn with enormous boulders. Afternoon traffic was...
We spent a considerable amount of time on the shores of Lake Victoria, traveling for three months through Kenya and Uganda, and never made a post about this majestic lake. Here we go on our final approach to Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and the primary source of the Nile...