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adjacent reading area with a writing desk, a separate bathroom,   Naona Moru was part of our first all-inclusive trip. Usually we
            shower and toilet area stocked with fluffy bathrobes.   make all arrangements.  Not this time.  Our 13-day, 12-night
                                                                Tanzania adventure involved lodging outside Arusha  (near the
             A flashlight hung on a porch tent-pole outside. A couple of   base of Mt. Kilimanjaro), seven nights on safari, and five days/
            flashes and someone would come to escort us to the bar/  four nights in Zanzibar, including a two-night stay at a beach
            lounge tent or dining tent. “After dark it’s a good idea not to   resort. Throw in some tours and in-country flights and it was a
            walk around,” Charles said, “We don’t want any surprises.”   logistical nightmare.

            But there were no rifles at Naona Moru. Apparently, tourists    Everybody we talked to -- even a friend who has lived on and
            are not on the predator menu. (We didn’t ask about potential   off in Tanzania for 15 years and speaks Swahili – said, “Hire
            zebra stampedes.) If there’s any trouble, Charles said, they call   somebody.” So we handed the whole trip over to Infinite Safari
            a nearby ranger camp.                               Adventures and founder Alan Feldstein, a Tanzania specialist.

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