Yesterday evening. Last night, we finally had a celebration. We talked about all of our personal accomplishments and, importantly, what we accomplished as a team. One major achievement was that we exceeded our goal and raised $325,000 for Canadian Tire Jumpstart (so far) – which we hope to further leverage with our community partners across Canada.
Evening: Since we wrapped up the Climb, we had a few days left to explore a bit of this amazing country. Today, we went on day 1 of a 2 day safari. We were picked up in 3 Range Rovers and after a 5 hour trip, we arrived at the Lake Manyara National Park. Again, it is difficult to put our experience into words. It was just incredible. We saw elephants, giraffes, baboons, impalas, ostrich and hippos. (Unfortunately, the hippos were mainly submerged as the hot weather dries out their skin.) But, no lions!
After our tour, we headed to a great resort called Highview. We had excellent food and were entertained by a local dance performance. The view from the porch of the Hotel was spectacular, nestled between the Northern Highlands Forest Reserve (Ngorongoro Conservation Area) and coffee farms, and reminded that, wow, we are in Africa!
Dan, on behalf of the Canadian Tire Jumpstart ‘Kili’ Summit Team
www.tanzaniaparks.com/manyara.html
Emplacement : Parc national de Lake Manyara
Hier soir : Lors de la dernière soirée, nous avons finalement célébré. Nous avons parlé de toutes nos réalisations personnelles, et, ce qui est encore plus important, ce que nous avons accompli en tant qu’équipe. Notre principale réalisation est que nous avons excédé notre objectif et recueilli 325 000 $ pour les programmes Jumpstart et Bon départ de Canadian Tire (jusqu’à présent) – montant que nous espérons accroître au sein de notre communauté de partenaires d’un bout à l’autre du Canada.


Après notre visite, nous nous sommes dirigés à un centre de villégiature appelé Highview. Nous avons pris un excellent repas et un groupe de danseurs locaux nous a divertis. La vue du porche de notre hôtel était impressionnante, niché entre la réserve forestière de Northern Highlands (aire de conservation de Ngorongoro) et les exploitations de café, nous a rappelé que, wow, nous sommes en Afrique!
Dan au nom de l’équipe du sommet « Kili » de Jumpstart et Bon départ de Canadian Tire
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