Tanzania Itinerary

Wednesday 23rd July	Catch National Express No. 022 at 16:55 to London, Victoria arriving 19:35.Leave Victoria No.592 at 23:00 .
Thursday 24th July	Arrive Buchanan street bus station 06:50am, bus to Glasgow International Airport to meet up at 10.00am. Please do not check in until we have all met. We will pick up hotel vouchers before checking in. Depart 14:05. Arrive Dubai 00:30 go to hotel.
Friday July 25th	Depart Dubai 10:50, arrive Dar es Salaam 15:20. Met by Alan Sully or another member of international staff Transfer to Luther House Dinner in Dar es Salaam
Saturday July  26th	Breakfast Luther House Transfer to bus station Arrive in Dodoma and settle into guest house Possibility of social/bar-b-cue in the evening to meet the MAF staff
Sunday July 27th	Free day – if people want to attend a local African church make it known what type of service & worship you would prefer. You will then be teamed with an MAF staff member. Be prepared to make an introduction in church
Monday July 28th  - Friday Aug 1st	Team 1 – Derek, Nick, John & Peter airstrip development with Alan Conrad + national staff Team 2 – Based in Dodoma – Chris, May, Kirsty, Nicky –  Mornings – Kids club for international staff children Afternoon help with rebuilding project of Chai room next to hangar.
Tuesday July 29th	Team to lead weekly prayer meeting at MAF compound – please have something ready to share- passage of scripture, thought, testimony or even a song
Saturday Aug 2nd – Sunday Aug 3rd	Possibility of village trip with Annie Lawson or Alan Conrad
Monday Aug 4th – Friday Aug 8th	Team 2 – Airstrip development with Alan Conrad Team 1– visit various projects in the Dodoma area pm Team 1 – Continue building project (Chai room or vehicle maintenance floor) am
Tuesday Aug 5th	Team to lead weekly prayer meeting and hangar praise
Friday Aug 8th –Sunday Aug 10th	Lead youth group work (ages 12-18) from 15.00 – 18.00 daily – activities (games & crafts) and Bible studies
Monday Aug 11th – Wednesday 13th	Mikumi national park (no guarantee)
Wednesday Aug 13th	Drive to Morogoro and catch bus to Dar Es Salaam Transfer to Luther house (accompanied by MAF staff member) Dinner in Dar es Salaam
Thursday Aug 14th	Leave Tanzania for trip to UK. Depart 17:20, arrive in Dubai 23:50, go to hotel
Friday Aug 15th	Leave Dubai 07:50, arrive Glasgow 12:25.  Catch 22:30 National Express No. 592 to London Victoria.
Saturday Aug 16th	Arrive London Victoria 07:10 am. Leave on No. 022 10:30am. Arrive in Cliftonville 13:00. SLEEP!
Camping Please ensure that you have a light weight sleeping bag. Bush camping is extremely basic. No toilet, no washing facilities, dirty, basic but loads of fun!	Baggage limits – We have a maximum of 35 kilos (no one bag can exceed 32 kilos). As we are taking items to the base please keep A.M. informed of any spare capacity you have. In the office there is a flat screen monitor at 9 kilos and books weighing a total of 14 kilos which need a home. We can split the books between us. Cabin baggage is max 5 kilos – be enterprising with it.

 

This is just an outline which may change!

Mikumi National Park

 Are you going to Ngorongoro, to see the crater? (For those who dont know, its massive – 100 square miles – and its on the edge of the Serengeti National Park.)

No, but we may be able to go to Mikumi National Park
Size: 3,230 sq km (1,250 sq miles), the fourth-largest park in Tanzania, and part of a much larger ecosystem centred on the uniquely vast Selous Game Reserve.
Location: 283 km (175 miles) west of Dar es Salaam, north of Selous, and en route to Ruaha, Udzungwa.

 

The word Mikumi has nothing to do with number ten in Swahili, which is kumi but the name comes from a local word for Borassus palm trees referred to as Mikuky.

 

Most visitors come to Mikumi National Park looking to spot the ‘Big Five’ (cheetah, lion, elephant, buffalo, and rhino), and they aren’t disappointed. Hippo pools provide close access to the mud-loving beasts, and bird-watching along the waterways is particularly rewarding.The park has large populations of giraffes, zebras, elephants , buffaloes, elands, greater Kudu, wildebeest and roan and sable antelope. Predators include tree-climbing lions, leopards, wild hunting dogs and black-backed jackals.