Itinerary (About 4 hours) May 2024 Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Parks and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -8 – Crater Lake NPMedford to Crater Lake NP (about 60 miles) Steel visitor center Rim village View point from Rim Village (Rim Drive will open only in July, We will… Continue reading
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Redwood National Park
Itinerary (About half a day at the Park)– May 2024 Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Parks and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -7 – Redwood NP Redding to Redwood NP (about 190 miles) Visitor centres were closed for internal staff meeting. However the park was open for visitors. Trillium… Continue reading
Lassen Volcanic NP
Itinerary (About half a day in the park) May 2024 Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Parks and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -6 – Lassen Volcanic NPLake Tahoe to Lassen Volcanic NP Kohm Yah-Mah-Nee Visitor Center Sulphur works from South side Devasted Area Trail 0.3 mile from North side… Continue reading
Great Basin National Park
Itinerary (About half a day at the Park) Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Park and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -4 – Great Basin NPCedar city to Great Basin NP (about 140 miles) Lehman Caves Visitor Center Scenic drive (open only up to Ditch Trail) Osceola Ditch Trail (until… Continue reading
Grand Canyon NP
Itinerary – May 2024 (About 2 days in the Park including the 2019 visit) Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Park and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -3 – Grand Canyon NP (We had been to Grand Canyon National Park in June 2019, during which we visited Grandview Point, Desert… Continue reading
Petrified Forest National Park
Itinerary (About 6 hours at the Park) Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Park and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights) Day -2 – Petrified Forest National ParkShow Low, AZ to Petrified NP (about 70 miles) Painted Desert Visitors Center Scenic drive 28 miles (Action guide audio tour) Blue Mesa Trail 1.0 mile… Continue reading
Saguaro National Park
Itinerary (About half a day at the park) – May 2024 Phoenix to Seattle Road Trip – May 2024 (7 National Parks and Lake Tahoe & Portland sights Day -1 Saguaro National ParkPhoenix to Red Hills Visitor Center, Saguaro NP (about 100 miles) Desert Discovery Trail – 0.4 mile Bajada Scenic Loop Drive Valley view Trail (0.8… Continue reading
Andhra Pradesh Temples Visit
Itinerary Tirumala – Nov 8th & 9th 2023Day-1Drive to Tiruchanur/Tirumala from ChennaiDay-2VIP DharshanDrive to Chennai Mantralayam – 13 Dec & 14 Dec 2023Day-1 Train to Mantralayam Road from ChennaiTaxi to MantralayamDarshan at BrindavanDay-2Darshan at BrindavanTaxi to Mantralayam RoadTrain to Chennai
Kenya & Tanzania Safari Trips
We visited some of the well known national parks and conservation areas in Kenya and Tanzania in Oct 2023 and our travel was arranged by Brogibro Tours, Nairobi. Following are the parks that we visited in these 2 countries. Individual posts have been created detailing our visit to each of the above parks.
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National park is about 2 1/2 hours a drive from Ngorongoro crater It is one of the smallest National park in Tanzania. There were a lot of monkeys and a few groups of elephants and some other common animals & birds The lake itself is nothing remarkable To be fair to our travel… Continue reading