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Tanzania 2014 Nrorongoro Crater Day 1

Tanzania is in eastern Africa, just below Uganda and Kenya, and on the Indian Ocean. At the end of our eleven day/ten-night Zambia safari, we flew from Livingston to Johannesburg for an overnight stay. The next day we flew to Arusha, Tanzania via Nairobi. Arriving at Arusha Coffee Lodge at around 8 pm, we spent two nights and one full day relaxing there before our next adventure. On the morning of 28 August 2014, our driverguide, Nelson, picked us up at ACL in his 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser for the trip to Ngorongoro Crater. After three nights and two full days in the Crater while staying at Lemala Ngorongoro Camp, we flew by Coastal bush plane out of Manyara airstrip to Kogatende airstrip for four nights at Sayari Mara Camp in the remote NW corner of the Serengeti near the Mara River and the Kenyan border. All arrangements for our requested Tanzanian safari beginning with our arrival at ACL until our return to Arusha and departure from ACL on 5 September 2014 were made by Africa Travel Resource.

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A family of grey crowned cranes taking exception to a passing zebra.
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A family of grey crowned cranes taking exception to a passing zebra.

  • A sacred ibis cruising above the hippo pool
  • A sacred ibis on final approach to the hippo pool
  • Sacred ibis landing at the edge of the hippo pool.
  • yellow-billed stork in flight
  • Dad, Mom and teenage wildebeest on the plains in Ngorongoro Crater.
  • male and female ostriches
  • male ostrich
  • golden jackal
  • A solitary, sometimes grumpy, bull Cape buffalo.
  • wildebeest, constantly on the move
  • a small herd of wildebeest near Lake Magadi, or Makati for the Maasai, in the background
  • spotted hyena
  • spotted hyena
  • spotted hyenas have a way to beat the heat
  • This is the traditional picnic area, a small lake fed by Ngoitokitok Spring, on the southern side of the Crater.
  • At around noon, there are a few tourists at the picnic area.
  • At the lunch/picnic area, our guide, Nelson, advised us to eat in our vehicle, as the black kite, or yellow-billed kite, seen here, is known to snatch food out of picnickers hands if they are out in the open. He showed us the scars to prove it.
  • male warthog
  • typical grassland in the Crater, generally at an altitude of about 5,900 feet, and the steep crater rim, seen here, about 2,000 feet higher
  • A family of grey crowned cranes taking exception to a passing zebra.
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