Safari in Tanzania 

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Ngrongoro Crater

After two nights at Lake Manyara, we drove to the Ngorongoro Crater.  Here is a photo of a model of the crater area.  It is the world's largest unbroken caldera, and the floor is 610m (1,800ft) below the rim, and it covers about 260km² (100 sq. miles).  The crater floor is about 1,700m (5,600ft) above the sea level.  Animals in the crate are pretty much "trapped" and do not migrate. Although it was actually raining on the crater rim early in the morning, it eventually cleared up,  and once we descended into the crater, it was dry and sunny.

If you have a broadband connection, here is a short video clip (41 secconds) you might want to view.

 

 

Road along

Crater Ridge

 

Crater Floor

 

 

Thompson's

Gazelles

 

Wildebeests

 

 

Lioness

 

 

Ostriches

 

 

Warthog

Making Bacon

 

Hyenas

 

 

Hyenas

Feasting

 

Lion by Road

 

 

Lion Walking

 

 

Black Rhino

 

 

Kori Bustard

 

 

Elephants

 

 

Marsh

 

 

Drivers and

Guide

 

Grant's

Gazelles

 

Flamingos

 

 

Flamingos

 

 

Buffalos

 

 

Zebras

 

 

Acacia Trees

 

 

Crater Lake

 

 

Hotel

 

 

View from

Serena Lodge


Maasai Village and Olduvai Gorge

Today is Day 5 in Tanzania, and we leave the crater for the Serengeti Plain toward Central Serengeti.  On the way we make brief stops at a Maasai Village just outside of the crater and a museum at Olduvai Gorge, an important archeological site.

 

 

Giraffe

 

 

Ngorongoro from

Maasai Village

 

Maasais

Walking

 

Maasais

Chanting

 

Maasai House

 

 

Dung Beetle

 

 

Olduvai Gorge

 

 

Museum at

Olduvai Gorge

 

Hyenas

 

 

Eland Carcass

 

 

Lion

 

 

Naabi Gate

 

 

Agama Lizard

 

 

Superb Starling

 

 

from

Naabi Gate


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