{"id":2770,"date":"2010-12-06T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethosmarketing.co.uk.dedi391.nur4.host-h.net\/blog\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T15:45:27","slug":"zanzibar-selous-educational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/12\/06\/zanzibar-selous-educational\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanzibar &amp; Selous Educational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 29<sup>th<\/sup> November 2010 saw Amanda England and Alison  Whitfield from Ethos Marketing round up a team of brave travellers and  head off to Tanzania on the Serena fam trip, hosted in conjunction with  Kenya Airways and Precision Air. This is Alison\u2019s report on the trip:<\/p>\n<p>As far as Fam Trips go (and I have done a few) this was one of the  best.\u00a0 A great group of people makes all the difference to a trip!\u00a0 The  first stop was exotic <strong>Zanzibar Serena Inn<\/strong> where we were  treated like royalty.\u00a0 In addition to the fantastic accommodation, food  and service at the hotel, we also visited a Spice Farm, did a walking  tour of Stone Town and enjoyed a seafood barbeque at Serena\u2019s Mangapwani  Private Beach.<\/p>\n<p>From Zanzibar we flew to the Selous Game Reserve, where the green  shoots of spring are just starting.\u00a0 Our first sighting was 3 lions  crossing the road en-route from Stieglers Airstrip.\u00a0 The first night was  at <strong>Selous Luxury Camp, <\/strong>which is situated on a dry  riverbed, no need to go on a drive \u2013 the animals come to the camp!\u00a0 The  second day was a full day drive, taking in the Hot Springs, Selous\u2019s  Grave and plenty of amazing game viewing.\u00a0 We arrived at <strong>Mivumo River Lodge <\/strong>in  the afternoon, what an incredible setting with all the rooms  overlooking the Rufiji River, outdoor showers and plunge pools and very  welcoming air-conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Rufiji Royal Suite<\/strong> has got to be seen to be  appreciated.\u00a0 It is ideal for a group of friends or a family, with three  en-suite bedrooms, a lovely pool area and plenty of space to find some  peace and quiet.\u00a0 You even get your own chef and guide!<\/p>\n<p>On the last afternoon we spent a few hours cruising up to Stiegler\u2019s  Gorge, (some even managed to catch a Tiger fish or two) and then we  relaxed on a sand bank and had sundowners \u2013 what a grand finale that  was!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 29th November 2010 saw Amanda England and Alison Whitfield from Ethos Marketing round up a team of brave travellers and head off to Tanzania on the Serena fam trip, hosted in conjunction with Kenya Airways and Precision Air. This is Alison\u2019s report on the trip:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/12\/06\/zanzibar-selous-educational\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zanzibar &amp; Selous Educational<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,20],"tags":[22,17,21],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-clients","category-serena","tag-the-selous","tag-tour-operators","tag-zanzibar","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}