Friday morning we got up early to catch a 6 am bus down to Pangani, a beach town located between Arusha and Dar es Salaam. It was about a 7 hour drive, so when we arrived we just enjoyed the sun and the beach for the rest of the day. We were the only 4 people staying at the lodge (and practically anywhere on the whole beach), because it is low tourist due to this being the rainy season.
On Saturday we hired a guide to take us out snorkeling on his local boat to a National Park island. The island, that sometimes you can see from the shore, and sometimes not see, depending on the tide, is a tiny island covered only with with sand. We snorkeled in the morning and afternoon, enjoyed lunch on the beach, and laid around. There were many fish around, but the best thing we saw were dolphins jumping in the distance! Sunday we rented kayaks and went down a river to do some bird watching. Unfortunately, we didn't see many birds but it was fun to see the area. We enjoyed the afternoon at the beach and hanging out. This was a great way to end the trip and we had three beautiful, sunny days to enjoy.
On Monday morning we headed back up to Arusha and Liz, Kate, and Randy, were dropped off at the airport to catch their flight to Amstrerdam that night. It was awesome traveling with Kate and Randy and having Liz around for these past couple weeks! I was sad to see them leave!
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