For the last three weeks we have had our first three groups of guests in Mwiba! I am not the only American in the bush after all! Mwiba guests stay at a tented camp called Mwarubushu, which overlooks several natural springs. The activity list in Mwiba gets longer every week and the feedback from our guests on some of those activities has been great. Swimming in the hippo pool (which does not have hippos), sitting in the blinds, going on walks, visiting the Lake Eyasi escarpment, are a few of the one of a kind experiences that Mwiba has to offer (pictures below). Wildlife viewing has also been incredible and there is no doubt that it played a major role in the guests’ experiences, as the animals seemed to have entered on cue. Although it is not the Ngorongoro Crater and you are not guaranteed to see the Big 5, when you do see something like a leopard, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, lion, roan, waterbuck, zebra or giraffe or any of the numerous bird species (which I am not listing, because my bird knowledge is close to atrocious), you deserve it and you get it all to yourself. Because Mwiba is a private area, your experience there is completely private. No other game viewers or guests you do not know or who you have to share your sighting with. One of the main goals moving forward is to maintain that exclusivity while the wildlife, as well as the camp, gets better and better.
On a totally personal note- this is a very exciting week because I will get to move into a tent that has the following: a zipper that works (the three bobby pins keeping my tent closed are not cool anymore); hot & cold water AND faucets (this is probably the biggest thing!); and NO mice. Yay for progress.
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| Lake Eyasi Escarpment |
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| Sundowner Set Up |
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| Hippo Pools (no, the man in the upper left hand corner is not attacking Grant...he just cannot believe someone would be so crazy as to jump of a 20 ft rock into water) |
