ASCEND & WANDER

To speed up loading times with all the photos, I made a separate post for the first 5 days, which was the section leaving Moshi and circumnavigating Kilimanjro  https://www.ascendandwander.ca/2020/01/cycle-tanzania-part-1-kilimanjaro.html Day 6. Olpopongi to Arusha Leaving Kilimanjaro behind was bitter sweet. I had been in Africa for about 2 weeks to this point and the majority of my time had been spent in the vicinity of the National Park or the surrounding communities. I was stoked to explore more of Tanzania. Our objective today was planned to end just outside the big city of Arusha. The Ngasurai plains serve as a migratory path for wildlife moving to and from Amboseli National Park in Kenya. We were fortunate to see giraffes and gazelles up close, in addition to zebras and ostriches from a distance. The wildlife corridor was incredible and if I could do one section over again it would definitely be the west Kilimanjaro plains. Google maps isn’t reliable for thi...

January 2020, I did a cycling trip across northeast Tanzania, starting near Kilimanjaro in the town of Moshi. We circumnavigated the volcano, then headed west through Arusha and ending at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Crater Highlands. It took 9 days total to cycle approximately 550 kilometres. This is the approximate route. Some roads near the Kenya border and along the western aspect of Kilimanjaro are not appearing on Google Maps. Google says only 15 hours of driving! I find that very hard to believe considering how rustic and beat up the roads were in some sections. We had a support vehicle carrying the camping gear, food, and other resupplies that would meet us at checkpoints throughout the day.  I had to break up the post into 2 parts to speed up the loading times with all the photos. Information from the first 5 days (circumnavigating Kili) can be found here. Here is the link for the next section heading west through Arusha:  https://www.ascenda...