Sunrise over Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar, Dreamer's Island Floating Bungalows, Nakupenda Beach Island, Prison Island and Night Street Food Market

July 9, 2023

A quick hour-long flight takes us from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, Zanzibar (ZNZ) after an epic trip across Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and an unforgettable silver jubilee celebration with a Maasai wedding arranged by brothers and sisters at our Maasai village (see An African Safari on the Endless Savanna | Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in Tanzania and We Marked Our Silver Anniversary with a Maasai Wedding at Our Village Close to the Great Rift Valley in Endless Plains of Serengeti Tanzania).

The airport claims Zanzibar as having the "widest 4G+ network" in huge letters, perhaps a paid advertisement by a mobile service provider.

During our latest African Safari at the Serengeti, a great honor was bestowed on us by loving brothers and sisters at our Maasai village to commemorate our silver anniversary. After checking the boxes of suburban American life and pushing two children through to college, I am an old man on our 25th and my wife is ageing gracefully. Nevertheless it was an epic experience for us participating in intriguing traditional ceremonies and rituals of a remarkably rich culture that the noble Maasai have somehow managed to preserve without dilation despite rampant European plundering and land grabs in the African continent.

Watch a video of our Maasai Wedding ceremonies.