Kenya and Tanzania Blog September 25th and 26th
September 26, 2015 at 7:56 PM
September 25th and 26th Ngorongoro Crater
Finally the blog is caught up ... we have a fast internet connection at this lodge which has made it very easy to post more images and share the updates of our Africa Adventure with you.
On the 25th early in the morning we left Serengeti National Park and drove to the rim of the Ngorongoro crater. You will see this on the first image which is a map of our tour route. We had time to relax and enjoy the lodge then at 6:00 a.m. this morning descended the 624 meters into the Ngorongoro crater, which is an entire eco system onto itself. Including a large cross section of wildlife. We packed picnic breakfast and lunch and enjoyed a full day explore this unique part of Tanzania. Tomorrow we depart for Tarangire National Park and the last image of today shows our route. Enjoy the selection of images from today.
Map showing our route in blue Serengeti Lodge to Ngorongoro crater
A large pride of lions as we departed Serengeti National Park
Enjoying the first morning light
You never get enough lions
This is a Secretary Bird, as it looks like they are typing when they kill their prey
This is called Simba look out as by November when the migration reaches this location the lions use this as a place to hunt from
This little guy is from the weaver family of birds
These Masi boys were by the entrance of the park
A view of the ridge going from Serengeti to Ngorongoro National Park
Another shot of the Masi boy
Another bird from the weaver family
Evelyn and Albert as we reached the Ngorongoro crater rim
Christine, Alexa and Ron at the crater rim
Early this morning as we descended into the crater
An HDR B&W of hippos in a river within the crater. It is 21 KM X 19 KM in size
Albert taking a few shots of the hippos
More hippos
Setting up for breakfast
It’s always great to travel with good friends, Albert, Vicky, Nanciellen, James and Sidney
Well .. not sure what to say, but Brian is always a good sport
This bird was wanting me to share my breakfast
Nanciellen and our driver guide Henry
Frank has an app on his iPhone that showed our exact location in the crater
Owen taking a few shots
Frank and Kate and a couple of friends
A young elephant the decided to charge our jeep today
Sacred Ibis landing at the small pond
Lorna with our driver guides
Today we met up with a bus of school children visiting the crater, we gave them all some gifts and Canadian flag pins. It was great to meet the children. Nanciellen and Vicky
Beautiful faces as the bus pulled in
Our group posing with the group of children we met up with today, a great experience
Mom and her baby
Another hippo shot, from where we had lunch today
Water buffalo and zebra in the location where we had lunch
An elephant skull and jaw bone
Rhino, there are only 23 within the crater and they are watched very closely
Lorna Eggert took this nice portrait shot of our driver guide Henry this afternoon
A very tired baby hippo, thanks Brian Boyd
This weaver getting a drink from the water tap, thanks Sidney Siu for this great shot
Another happy bird, thanks Sidney Siu for this image too
Sidney Siu also captured this shot of a mother lioness and her babies
This is the view of the crater from our lodge rooms
All the rooms face the crater
The final shot today is the map showing in purple our route to Tarangire National Park.
