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Destination:

Tanzania


Travel Tips

When traveling long distances, we like to break the trip into 2 days. On the first day, we fly to a location that is close to the time zone of our final destination. On the second day, we fly to our destination. On this trip, we flew to Amsterdam on KLM. We stayed overnight at the Amsteel Hotel. Brunch and hot chocolate were great. We took a city tour - went to the Van Gough museum, and took the kids ice skating to keep them awake and help their bodies acclimate to the new time zone. The next day, we flew down to Kilimanjaro airport in Arusha.

I also recommend that you give yourself a full free day before going on Safari. Not only will it help with jet lag, but if for any reason, you miss a connection, you will not miss a Safari day.

Since it was winter, we packed one winter clothes bag with coats, gloves, hats and scarves for Amsterdam. The duffle bag was marked "winter clothes," so it was not opened once we were in Tanzania.