East Africa Travel Advice

The giraffe, here captured with an mazing view of Nairobi from Nairobi National Park, the only metropolitan park in Africa. #Kenya #EastAfrica #Safari #Africa #TravelLikeALocal #TravelAdvice

#Repost @originsafaris Beautiful Zanzibar island. Zanzibar is probably a name you’ve heard before, synonymous with white sandy beaches and bright blue water. You could spend weeks on Zanzibar alone, enjoying spice tours, the culture of Stone Town and the numerous beautiful beaches elsewhere on the island. The name Zanzibar conjures up visions of sultans’ palaces, paradisiacal beaches and winding alleyways leading to spice-filled bazaars. Indeed, this coral archipelago in... the Indian Ocean, 74 km (23 mi) off the eastern coast of Tanzania, still has many of the features that it did when it was an important trading center and its historic Stone Town served as the capital of an Omani sultanate. Zanzibar’s largest island, Unguja, is home to most of the cultural attractions, many of them found in beguiling Stone Town, which was awarded a UNESCO World Heritage status in 2000. In recent years, there’s been a concerted effort to restore and give new life to the city’s distinctive structures. Palaces have been turned into museums and cultural centers, and grand Swahili mansions have been reborn as restaurants and boutique hotels. Yet the coast still offers the delicious view that the explorer Sir Richard Burton recorded, of a cocoa-fringed shore of purest white, and the sea blue as a slab of lapis lazuli. #zanzibar #EastAfrica #africa #spiceisland #ungunja #stonetown #zanzibarisland #zanzibartown #beachholidays #beautifulbeaches #blueseas #traditional #sultanspalaces #unescosites #worldheritage #history #swahilicoast #relaxandrestore #getawayfromitall #bucketlist #originsafaris #Travelwise #travellikealocal #TravelAdvice See more

#Repost @bexy480 The Sanetti Plateau is the world's largest expanse of afro-alpine moorland. This montane habitat is covered with rare Erica shrub and scattered with Giant Lobelias. These lobelias bloom only once, producing a flower that can reach 5m above ground, and then dies of exhaustion. The trunk of the dead lobelia reveals a highly textured bark, exposing its vascular system. #GiantLobelia#sanettiplateau#balemountains#balemountainsnationalpark#ethiopia#africa#nature#naturephotography#hiking#outdoors#wanderlust#passionpassport#mountains#explore#instatravel#adventuretravel #traveladvice #travelasalocal #travelwisdom

The majestic Crested Crane, the National bird of #Uganda, and a clan symbol in other counties in the region. @ugtourismboard #namethisbird #bird #crestedcrane #EastAfrica #travelphotography #TravelLikeALocal #Travelogue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_crowned_crane