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CZS’s Tanzania Safari
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The group arrived in Arusha, a city in northern Tanzania, on D a y s 1 - 2 : L a k e M a n y a r a N a t i o n a l P a r k
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November 1. They were joined by their guide, Maasai naturalist Robert
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