The president's presence was still being felt in the hotel this morning. A lot more people, a red carpet out in the main foyer, and a higher level of security. In amongst all this organized chaos we got breakfast, checked out and started out safari. First stop was the downtown area of Arusha, provisioning up for the journey and a briefing on the details of our safari at the office of Easy Travel. Following that, there was a drive of about 2 hours to the entrance to Tarangire National Park. After lunch and park entry formalities we started our afternoon game drive, and it proved to be very successful. By the time the afternoon was over we had seen herds of zebra, giraffe, wilder beasts, antelope, elephant, water buck, small groups of wart hogs, and a number of ostriches. A very successful first afternoon of animal watching. For Nina the day had garnered approximately 850 photos that she had to edit and cull during the evening.

Our accommodation was at a bush camp called Oliver's Camp. The "rooms" consist of a thatched roof structure without walls and under the roof a very large tent is pitched on a concrete and wood floor to provide animal and insect proof accommodation. Each room has its own toilet and shower. Cocktails were served at 7:30pm around the camp fire and dinner in the communal mess tent at 8:00pm.

The cocktails, beer, wine, spirits were complimentary (or more accurately included in the accommodation price), were a welcome end to a great day.