The vast and game-filled Serengeti. The immense and impossibly intact ring of Ngorongoro Crater. The spice-scented breezes of tropical Zanzibar. It's one thing to read up on Tanzania's many incredible destinations, but it's quite another to experience them firsthand.
Multi-time Odysseys travelers Brooks and Karen Clark joined our Tanzania Adventure tour in early February of 2026, and judging from Brooks' travelogue, published in CITYVIEW Magazine out of the Clarks' hometown of Knoxville, TN, the couple enjoyed a travel experience like no other:
"We expected something splendid. What we experienced was magnificence with the volume knob removed.
As many Nat Geo shows as we’ve watched over the years, nothing prepared Karen and me for the impact of seeing wildlife in person and up close. Karen had read Hemingway’s descriptions in Green Hills of Africa of the vastness of the Serengeti Plain and the marvel of the great migration of wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, impalas, and other species, but she was awed to see the plains stretch to the horizons and herds by the thousand moving in their clockwise search for water and better grazing.
In our Toyota Land Cruiser, we moved with the herds and lions, leopards, and cheetahs waiting for their chance to down a newborn wildebeest or gazelle. At one point in the Serengeti, we came upon a sated pride of lions—aging patriarch surrounded by females, with younger males at a distance—sleeping lazily together near a half-creek after gorging themselves on a fresh kill."
Brooks and Karen came face to face with iconic wildlife in Tanzania
Brooks goes on to describe their trip with more evocative language and skillful turns of phrase, and manages to layer in references to Hemingway, The Lion King, and former NBA center Manute Bol along the way. It's well worth a read, particularly if Tanzania is on your travel to-do list.
Brooks wrote a similar story about his and Karen's adventure to Morocco back in 2025 – you can read that piece in CITYVIEW Magazine here. And to explore all of our Africa tours, both sub-Saharan and elsewhere, head to our Africa tours page here.
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