Amazing views! Looking onto the Ngorongoro Crater is just unreal. Just a big whole in the top of a mountain. It's great being here at the end of the rainy season because everything is so lush.
The Serengeti is large plains as far as the eye can see. I'm pretty sure it's where The Lion King takes place, but we couldn't find the Elephant Graveyard. We may have found Pride Rock, but there was no new cub being born that day so no baboon holding up a lion and no giraffes bowing. However, there were some lions lounging on top and we did see lots of giraffes around. Here are the animal sightings:
- Zebras galore (they stand back to front with another zebra so that their predators can't tell which end is front/back. They can't camouflage with the environment, but they blend in really well with each other)
- Wildebeest galore (it's migration time, they were hundreds together)
- Lions (apparently a few were sleeping outside out campsite the first night. We saw vultures there later in the day, so we think that we just missed a kill)
- Vultures and many other birds
- Mongoose (Timon)
- Hartbeasts
- Giraffes
- Impala
- Thompson Gizelles
- Grant Gizelles
- Hyenas (which are surprisingly really cute)
- Baboons
- Jackel
- and the best sighting of all: 2 leopards. STUNNING! Now I've seen the entire big 5
Lions, zebras and giraffes...oh my!! Somehow, mising the kill was lucky for you! I am actually painting a "zeal" of zebras in my painting class. You'll have to be my critic upon your return! The countdown is on...enjoy every minute of your ever exciting adventure!
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Suzie
Sounds amazing as always! And as The Lion King is one of my all-time favourites, I can't imagine the sightings and views that you are experiencing. You're definitely going to win the "most exciting story-teller" award in our family for the next decade!
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Michi (and the boys)
You have had an adventure that will last a lifetime, the stories neverending! Enjoy the rest of your trip, soaking up every minute of it....you have done what most can only think of doing........living out your dreams!
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