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A woman in colorful clothes sweeps debris from the beach at Ras Nungwi Resort in Zanzibar. Today it is time to head home. Farewell Africa.

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A brightly-colored sandal has washed up on the beach in front of Ras Nungwi Resort in Zanzibar. It’s colorful decoration for the nearby home of a beach crab.

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A zebra colt rests in Ngorongoro Crater.

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A jackal stands alert in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

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Late afternoon view from Lake Manyara Lodge in Tanzania as the rains fall on the lake and Rift Valley below.

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A hippo opens wide in a pool near Lake Manyara in Tanzania.

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It’s sunset at Tarangire Safari Lodge in Tanzania, and the end of a rewarding day in Tarangire (pronounced Taa-raa-nghee-reh) National Park. Today, we watched giraffes, baboons, impalas, eagles, elephants, elephants and more elephants. The lodge is built on a high bluff overlooking the Tarangire River and plains below.

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As luck would have it, on day one of our post-climb safari, we arrived at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania just as a baboon troop was beginning its karaoke hour. Pictured above is one of the troop’s more talented members attempting “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”

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Day 7 of Kilimanjaro climb. We finished our Kilimanjaro adventure today. We went up the mountain on the Rongai route, and came down the Marangu route. The photo above is a picuture at trip’s end near the Marangu Gate. It is everybody in our group that climbed the mountain and all the guides, porters, cooks, and others that made it all such a wonderful, rewarding experience. We head back to Arusha for the night and then leave tomorrow morning for a three-day safari in Tarangire Park, Lake Manyara Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater.

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Day 6 of Kilimanjaro climb. I made it to the top of Kilimanjaro at 6:00 AM after a 6 1/2 hour climb from Kibo Hut. Dawn was just starting to break. It was very cold and windy at the top. I’d estimate there was a -40 degree windchill. All the people in our group made it which was really great! We didn’t stay around the top too long because of the cold, but the rising sun and a clear sky made the view spectacular.

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Almost Day 6 of Kilimanjaro climb. Up at 10:30 PM to get ready for our push to the summit. The photo above is what it looked like outside. A bright, nearly-full moon was illuminating the landscape. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful scene to start our ascent.

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Day 5 of Kilimanjaro climb. We crossed the big saddle today between Mawenzi and Kibo. The photo above is from our camp at Kibo Hut at an elevation of 15,520’. At 11:30 PM we would begin our final ascent of Kilmanjaro’s Uhuru Peak high above.

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Day 4 of Kilimanjaro climb. Our group stayed at Mawenzi Tarn today to help with acclimatization. We climbed a high ridge below Kilimanjaro’s Mawenzi Peak. We took this group photo on that ridge at an elevation of about 15,000’.

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Day 2 of Kilimanjaro climb. On day two, clouds hang low over our camp at Kikelewa Caves (10,990’), but the sun shines brightly on the plains of Kenya below.