Just off the plane in Tanzania | HNHO - Peter Island Resort | client feedback - "It was a trip of a lifetime"
Mimi Lichtenstein
Mom of 3 | I help plan immersive vacations and 1+ month family sabbaticals ?? that refresh personal and professional lives | Author of Where to Next? Adventures in Luxury Travel newsletter
Dear Traveler,
Walking Tigger in near zero degree temperatures yesterday morning feels like a lifetime ago.
18 hours after my plane took off from Boston, I landed at Kilimanjaro Airport tonight where today's high was 80 degrees.
2 ? weeks away from NH.?
Adventuring through Tanzania and Rwanda.?
Lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, hyenas and my favorite – baby warthogs.?
If we are lucky we'll see all of the above.
And possibly the Great Migration.
While floating above the bush in a hot air balloon!?
And of course the mountain gorillas.?
Just like Forest Gump’s box of chocolates, on safari you never know what you are going to get.?
And that is a huge part of the excitement!
How often as an adult do you have that much uncertainty about exciting things that are about to happen to you??
I’m back as my five year old self on Christmas eve just wanting know what’s in those presents under the tree!
And each day on safari, before each game drive – twice a day, that feeling returns.??
Anticipation of the unknown.?
When was the last time you had that feeling?
And just imagine what it’s like watching your kids on safari?!?
My strategy for beating jet lag when going to Africa is this...
On my first flight to Amsterdam (overnight) I slept. Only about 5 hours.
I arrived, went to the lounge, took a quick shower to wake up and had a cappuccino. For the next 8.5 hour flight I stayed awake. That gave me lots of work time, especially because the wifi functioned the entire route - even over Egypt, the Red Sea and Ethiopia.
I was able to get a lot of work done including about three hours spent catching up on summarizing feedback I received from clients who traveled over the holidays.
Hearing feedback from you is a key part of the working together. As a the goal is a long term relationship, hearing your candid comments is instrumental in me getting to know you better and making sure our partners around the world who played a part in your experience hear the praise for their guides and drivers and the constructive comments so they can improve.
A culture of learning and growing. It's so important.
Below you’ll read the feedback from one of my dear clients who took her extended family on safari over the holidays.?From her 9 year old nephew to her 80 year old mom.?
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Read her comments. It's impossible to read them and not want to take a safari!
A few more safari tips for you...
No hassle whatsoever. You may never have imagined that a trip to Africa could be so easy. But it is!
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It is now way past my bedtime - 12:45a here and I'm getting up at 5:30am! Good night!
Warmly,
Mimi
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