Maasai Mara, Kenya

MrsMoshi

Tgh plan family vacation utk this year. Budak2 nak pi Disneyland, Ada org suggest Europe, ramai suggest island holiday. Tapi bosan lah pulak dgn holiday2 over rated cenggini. Nak kelainana sikit. Puaslah Google, came across percutian safari Di Maasai Mara, Kenya. Nampak cam menarik sgt. Tanya
Lah org if sesapa pernah pi, tapi tak ramai. Kalau jadi, kami tak nak pi sight seeing Nairobi bagai, nak pi national, lepak a few days there tgk binatang and then balik.  Lepas tu kami tak mo go thru travel agent, ticket, accommodation semua nak arrange sendiri. my main concern is, sebab accommodion mostly ala tent dgn lodge, I risau pasal makan lah. Tanya my friends yg pernah pi, depa kata food disediakan. Thing is depa bukan Muslim, so leh lah taram apa2 je. Aku tgk Kenya tu mcm takdak Muslimlah pulak. So risau pasal makan ni. Ada tak anyone yg pernah pi atau tau sesapa yg dah  pergi, beragama Islam Dan sudi share ur experience? Your feedback is very much appreciated. Thanks!

cmf_GAIA

Kenya mostly Christian, minority muslim ada tapi kat national park most likely tak ada lah....pasal makanan kalau bwk makanan kering sendiri mcm mana?

Kenapa pilih Kenya n bukan Tanzania, kat Tanzania ada padang rumput africa dgn singa, zebra, cheetah segala tu jugak tapi tambah menarik ada view gunung Kilimanjaro tuh.....salah satu hujung slope Kilimanjaro tu ada bandar nama Moshi (wikipedia kata cleanest town in east africa) and ada masjid kat situ, so boleh assume ada community muslim lah kot?

soalan! kalau tak arrange ikut travel agent mcm mana pulak nak buat safari tu? ke kat sana baru arrange safari dgn management national park?

Kalau nak plan family trip ke tempat2 mcm ni memang kena plan details ni, banyak nak kena baca utk segala jenis persediaan. Boleh cuba khatam buku Lonely Planet dulu.

MrsMoshi

Hmm...kena masaklah cam ni ye? Pilih Masaai Mara sebab masa Google itu yg tetiba keluar. Kalau keluar Tanzania, mungkin pilih Tanzania lah kot. Tak mo go through agent sebab pakai ticket FOC. So tgk website Masaai Mara tu boleh buat online ground arrangement. But ur input on Tanzania ni worth considering. Kalau Ada perkampungan Muslim tu, agar menarik jugak. Nanti I Bwk to hubs attention. Thanks so much cmf...appreciate the feedback.

Anakpencen

ini baru Travel ... teruskan rancangan anda

lady_nF

Pengalaman duduk safari dekat Knysna, SA dua tahun dulu
makanan dia akan bagi bread+ salad+main dish
i request awal2 vegetarian so dapatlaa salmon ala western
sarapan pun usual western type

nak masak sendiri, rasanya susah kot sbb dalam safari biasanya dia bagi lodge yg bilik jek
so better bawak tuna tin, or dried food
and bottles of water sbb panas giler k

duduk safari best sebab korang akan dibagi sorang ranger
and org africa nih charming semacam...so best layan borak

cmf_GAIA

But ur input on Tanzania ni worth considering. Kalau Ada perkampungan Muslim tu, agar menarik jugak. Nanti I Bwk to hubs attention. Thanks so much cmf...appreciate the feedback.
MrsMoshi Post at 8-1-2012 01:08 AM

Kalau sebut pasal padang rumput savannah Africa, memang saya dok teringat Tanzania je lah...ia ada savannah yg sama mcm yg kita selalu tgk dlm NatGeo tu dgn singa, giraffe, Zebra, cheetah, kolam flamingo etc etc...dan tambah satu lagi ialah background gunung Kilimanjaro yg menakjubkan....i just luv this mountain, katanya the tallest free standing mountain in world and dia hosting 3 volcanoes kat puncaknya.....

tengok to map bawah ni:-



Capital dia ialah Dar Es Salaam kat pesisir timur Tanzania. Kat Wikipedia cakap kawasan eastern cost ramai komuniti muslim. Pulau Zanzibar tu pulak predominantly muslim....masuk ke bahagian pendalaman, lebih ramai komunity christian dan juga suku asli dengan kepercayaan nenek moyang (eg: org asli Masai)

International flight turun kat Dar Es Salaam lah kot, then kena naik keretapi (feeling2 filem Out of Africa lakonan Meryl Streep & Robert Redford tahun 1981 tu) all the way to belah utara ke either bandar Moshi or bandar Arusha. Arusha tu lah yg biasanya jadi tempat tourist/traveler stay. Toward north ialah Arusha National Park yg saya rasa tempat utk bersafari tgk binatang dgn best view of Kilimanjaro....

anyway, diantara Moshi dan Arusha, ada juga International Aiport yg lain called Kilimanjaro international Airport, so boleh arrange nak turun flight kat sini or kat Dar Es Salaam.

Nak buat family trip sendirian berhad tanpa banyak bergantung pada tour agent kena banyak baca nih. Kena baca semua wikipedia dan wikitravel yg cerita pasal Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Moshi dan Arusha mulakan dengan:-

http://wikitravel.org/en/Tanzania utk general info pasal Tanzania

Take note utk benda mcm 'Do' (apa yg boleh dibuat disana), 'See' (mana nak pergi, apa yg boleh dilihat), 'Get Around' (info pasal transportation tempatan), 'stay safe' (utk elak theft, corruption n apa nak buat kalau dah terkena) dan 'stay healthy' (sana ada banyak serangga berbisa n ada nyamuk sebar demam kuning).

Apa-apa pun better beli complete thorough guide mcm Lonely Planet Tanzania dan baca sampai habis, tak baca kulit to kulit pun takpa, asalkan dah cover semua bahagian yg berkaitan dgn tempat nak pergi iaitu sekitar Kilimanjaro tu (Arusha, Moshi). Dalam LP ada suggestion utk tour, safari, sewa kereta 4wd etc etc tu jugak....dan jugak suggestion bulan berapa nak pergi, keadaan cuaca adalah amat crucial dlm travel.

so....semoga trip anda berjalan lancar hendaknya, semoga berjaya mengambil gambar keluarga dgn background seperti gambar2 di bawah:-

MrsMoshi

Reply 6# cmf_GAIA

Wah! Thank you. Very good to know piece of info ni! however, mcm u kata, mmg kena mentelaah habis2an ni. Hmm....tapi kena put into account my children, larat ke depa nak travel mcm ni? Thanks a lot. Really appreciate.

MrsMoshi

Reply 5# lady_nF
Tx Lady, But SA lebih commercialized dari Kenya, so tak tau if they could cater to us mcm tu. I read up on the lodges dekat Masaai Mara and mcm u kata, I have a feeling payah nak masak pakai travel cooker so kena resort to roti and makanan kering jugak lah ni. Tak pe, think I may have a rough idea now, however looks like tgh seriously considering Tanzania as well. We'll see. Insyaallah will update once I make this trip. Dah excited berkobar2 dah ni {:4_181:}

lady_nF

Reply 8# MrsMoshi

yup..i choose Knysna sbb i buat road trip in from cape town to Jo'burgand yang tuh within budget (ie murah hahaha) and easily accessible from main roadtuh pon rasa nak tercabut absorber tayar redah hutan nak gi lodge

tapi lodge dekat area nairobi lagi byk choice and more luxurious dari SAand SA punya game animal tak sebanyak east africa
so pilih laa lodge yang bleh bawak u tour pagi petang siang malam
i tak galakkan drive sendiri dalam lodge walaupun boleh
bkn sbb safety...
sebab tak tau camne nak spot binatang

cmf_GAIA

Reply  cmf_GAIA

Wah! Thank you. Very good to know piece of info ni!  however, mcm u kat ...
MrsMoshi Post at 9-1-2012 02:28 AM

    kalau smuanya lancar, pulang nanti jangan lupa tempek gambar n share info kat sini, lagipun tak ramai yg ke savannah Africa kat sini, nak gak tahu ceritanya....