East Africa

Becky turns heads all across East Africa. This is why.

But although leading up to the trip all I could think about was taking the best picture, I realized that being on a safari isn’t about that, it’s about being in the moment.

In all honesty, I had no idea if or how this trip would impact my kids once we returned home but I had dreamt of Kenya since I was child and I figured now was as good a time as any to go.

We all had the same idea that camping in East Africa would be wild, dangerous and full of up-close animal encounters. The reality wasn’t quite what we’d pictured, but it was incredible all the same.

Before I travelled to Tanzania for the first time in 2009, I was a little gobsmacked by some wildly incorrect notions my friends and family had about the coastal African country.

Before my trip I felt panicked and anxious; I’m not very outdoorsy, much less an experienced camper who likes to ‘rough it.’ But Intrepid’s Serengeti Trail tour turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.

One of the biggest drawcards to visiting East Africa is the chance to see the greatest wildlife show on earth: the annual Wildebeest Migration.

With world-class beaches on dreamy Zanzibar and wildlife to wow the likes of David Attenborough, Tanzania is a country like no other.

Ethiopia was going to be unlike anywhere else I’d seen in Africa — and I hadn’t seen anything yet.