Ngorongoro Farm House

Jacob Miller

Ngorongoro Farm House

Arrivés à l'aéroport de Kilimanjaro, notre guide Boniface, nous attendait.  Il nous a conduit à la ville d'Arucha où nous prenons notre premier lunch: saté de boeuf (sans la sauce aux arachides!) et Dahl.. délicieux mais nous sommes vraiment fatigués!
Après une longue route en direction ouest, nous arrivons à Ngorongoro Farm House. On y arrive et il fait déjà sombre. Notre chambre est superbe, très grande et c'est la première fois qu'on dormira avec des filets pour moustiques. Mais avant de se coucher, on prend un petit souper... c'est bon mais vraiment nous étions trop fatigués pour apprécier.
Wow, c'est le lendemain matin que nous avons vraiment vu les allentours... À l'hôtel, il y a un immense jardin à légumes et une plantation de café. C'est superbe!
On prend notre première boîte a lunch (pas très promesseur) et on part avec Boniface pour notre première journée  de Safari... vous avez remarqué qu'il y a beaucoup de "première fois" dans ce voyage.... et ça fait juste commencer!

Arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport, our guide Boniface, waiting for us. He drove us to the city of Arucha where we take our first lunch: beef satay (without the peanut sauce!) And Dahl delicious .. but we are really tired!After a long drive westward, we arrive at Ngorongoro Farm House. It happens and it is already dark. Our room was beautiful, very large and this is the first time you sleep with mosquito nets. But before going to bed, you take a little supper ... it's really good but we were too tired to enjoy.Wow, that's the next morning that we really saw the allentours ... At the hotel, there is a huge vegetable garden and a coffee plantation. It's beautiful!We take our first lunch box was (not very promesseur) and share with Boniface for our first day of Safari ... you noticed that there is a lot of "first time" in this journey .... and it's just started!


Arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport, our guide Boniface, waiting for us. He drove us to the city of Arucha where we take our first lunch: beef satay (without the peanut sauce!) And Dahl delicious .. but we are really tired!After a long drive westward, we arrive at Ngorongoro Farm House. It happens and it is already dark. Our room was beautiful, very large and this is the first time you sleep with mosquito nets. But before going to bed, you take a little supper ... it's really good but we were too tired to enjoy.Wow, that's the next morning that we really saw the allentours ... At the hotel, there is a huge vegetable garden and a coffee plantation. It's beautiful!We take our first lunch box was (not very promesseur) and share with Boniface for our first day of Safari ... you noticed that there is a lot of "first time" in this journey .... and it's just started!



Arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport, our guide Boniface, waiting for us. He drove us to the city of Arucha where we take our first lunch: beef satay (without the peanut sauce!) And Dahl delicious .. but we are really tired!After a long drive westward, we arrive at Ngorongoro Farm House. It happens and it is already dark. Our room was beautiful, very large and this is the first time you sleep with mosquito nets. But before going to bed, you take a little supper ... it's really good but we were too tired to enjoy.Wow, that's the next morning that we really saw the allentours ... At the hotel, there is a huge vegetable garden and a coffee plantation. It's beautiful!We take our first lunch box was (not very promesseur) and share with Boniface for our first day of Safari ... you noticed that there is a lot of "first time" in this journey .... and it's just started!

Ngorongoro Farm House

Dvant le jardin avec notre boîte à lunch

Plantation de café

The Beginning

 Jacob Miller


The beginning

It was 4:30 am on July 26.  Me an my 2 wonderful parents were getting ready for our big and amazing trip to Africa.  At 5:15 am, one of my mom's favorite friend named Mari, was kind enough to come pick us up and drive us to the airport.  I was really tired.  To be frank with you, I was not that excited to go because I was not too sure what to expect.  All that malaria, yellow fever, sleeping sickness and stuff got me a bit freaked out.  But anyway, you get the point.  When we arrived to the airport, we had to go through security, customs, checkout our bags and then sort out all our flight arrangements.  First we flew for about an hour to Toronto, then we had a long and tiring 13 and a half hour flight to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and finally a short flight to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Unfortunately, me and my family did not get to see the mount Kilimanjaro because it was hiding in the clouds.  It was 7:30 am, local time and 12:30 am in Ottawa, Canada time. My first day in Africa was just about to begin.

Il était 04h30 le 26 Juillet. Mes deux merveilleux parents et moi se préparaient pour notre grand et incroyable voyage en Afrique. À 05h15, l'une des meilleur ami de ma mère , Mari, a eu la gentillesse de venir nous chercher et nous conduire à l'aéroport. J'étais vraiment fatigué. Pour être franc avec vous, je n'étais pas heureux d'aller parce que je ne savais pas trop à quoi m'attendre. Tout ces histoires de malaria, de la fièvre jaune, de la maladie du sommeil et d'autres choses m'ont fait un peu flippé. De toute façon, vous comprenez ce que je veux dire. Quand nous sommes arrivés à l'aéroport, nous avons dû passer par la sécurité, les douanes et enfin verifier nos billets. Nous avons d'abord volé pendant environ une heure jusqu'à Toronto. Par la suite nous avions un vol long et fatigant d'environs 14 heures jusqu'à Addis-Ababa en Ethiopie. Enfin, notre troisième et dernier vol vers Kilimanjaro, en Tanzanie. Malheureusement, ma famille et moi n'ai pas pu voir le mont Kilimandjaro, car il se cachait dans les nuages. Il était 07h30, heure locale et 00h30 en heure d'Ottawa, Canada. 
Mon premier jour en Afrique était sur le point de commencer.

Me and my mom in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia airport.
Ma mère et moi sommes à l'aéroport d'Addis Ababa, en Ethiopie.

Me and my mom arriving at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania airport.
Ma mère et moi arrivés à l'aéroport de Kilimanjaro, en Tanzanie.