March 1 - Ngorongoro Crater

April 11, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Ngorongoro We got an early start to the day and descended into Ngorongoro Crater which was blanketed with thick fog. We passed a large group of Water Buffalo grazing in the fog. The crater is roughly 20 miles across and is considered a conservation area… it is also one of the last places where you might be able to see Rhino. Almost as soo...
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February 29 - Ndutu to Ngorongoro

April 11, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Sometimes it helps to have a good sense of humour…… This morning we met our driver and he informed us that the camp that we were supposed to go to, on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater, had moved overnight to about a mile from where we had just spent the last 3 nights. It had moved there to be closer to the migration… but having already seen that...
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February 28 - Ndutu day three

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Ndutu day 3 Last night after midnight the camp was awoken by the roars of a lion, a large pride had passed in front of our camp while we were all sleeping. This morning we had a nice warm breakfast and then we went off in search of wildlife. Harry drove towards the big marsh and we quickly spotted a pair of Bat-eared Foxes playing around a sh...
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February 27 - Ndutu day two

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Ndutu day 2 This morning we went in search of a Cheetah… one of the guests had told me that they saw one yesterday in a wide open field about 15 minutes from our lodge. Harry’s intel from one of the drivers was that there were Cheetahs down by a marsh… so we headed off in that direction. After driving for about an hour we didn’t see anything bu...
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February 26 - Serengeti , Mbalageti to Ndutu

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The storm lasted less than 2 hours but as we left our camp this morning to make our way to Ndutu it quickly became evident that the one road in and out had turned into a 16km long mud bog.. we got stuck once but managed to get out after much backing up and lurching forward. I was slightly worried that the river might have become impassable… during...
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