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Ngorongoro Conservation Area Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Into the Crater
... a spectacular road, although Michael who gets vertigo was feeling most uncomfortable and tried not to look down! We arrived at the beautiful Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge at about 6 pm. The Masai have only allowed 5 lodges to be built on the crater wall, so ...
"Is this really our room?"
... . Spent the rest of the evening in fornt of the open fire, reading and admiring violent thunderstorm, contented. NEXT DAY - Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The crater: 260km2 The sight: breathtaking. We had a long drive up to and then down into the crater ...
Animals Galore
... a vast open area (though clearly we did find plenty thanks to knowledgeable guides). That wasn't so much of an issue for the Ngorongoro crater, even looking down from a view point on the rim we could spot some herds of animals and the numbers living in a ...
Crater Game Drive
... the rim of the crater then straight down into the base. The crater is amazing. The Maasai are allowed to live in the Ngorongoro area but not inside the crater although they can bring their cattle inside to drink water. You can fit the entire city of ...
Ngorogoro Crater
... killed a zebra, and were protecting the food from lots of hungry hyenas and jackals. From there, we checked out a more forested area, where there were elephants and monkeys. We then visited an area filled with lots of hippos, buffalos, and ...
Safari in Tanzania
The safari continues.....in Ngorongoro Crater.....adundant with Wildlife.... Nous en safari manintenant dans la cratere de Ngorongoro....il y a en masse de vie animale ...
this is why everyone should have a gap yahh......
... them justice. We spent 4 days at a Wildlife camp in a place called Ndarakwai, which is a reserve on Masaai Lands, doing conservation volunteering. The volunteering was basically digging a hole, but this was all made worthwhile when a herd of Zebra came to ...
Safari day 2 & day 3
Today it was off to the Ngorongoro conservation area and the Ngorongoro crater. The crater measures 100 sq miles and is home to over 25,000 large animals. New animals we saw today include the Augur buzzard, Thompson Gazelle, Kori Bustard, Grey-crowned ...
Ngorongoro Crater
... by the British botanist, ???, at quarter past 4 pm, and headed up a narrow and uphill unpaved road to the Ngorongoro Crater. Landscape and vegetation became green again. Beautiful, cool green valleys. The view from our campsite was breathtaking. As with ...
Safari-Ngogongoro Crater & Manyara
I know it's been a little bit since my last update...I've been busy! This weekend I went on Safari. I visited Ngorongoro Crater & Conservation area and Manyara National Park. I saw 4 out of the Big 5. The only animal I didn't see was lion. I got ...
Back from the bush!
... for the evening inside, one in the sleeping area and one in the bathroon area. In front of the tent was a seating area with two very comfortable leather director chairs, a small table with a large green plastic bucket of water (for washing out clothes if ...
Welcome to Paradise
... also the brickyard where bricks are made with hands only. Early after noon we headed to Eden. We entered the Paradise on Earth - Ngorongoro Crater. Words cant describe the place... so see amazing photos about this journey at Discovering Tanzania's website ...
3 days left in Africa!
Good morning Everyone! Just want to let you all know that we won't be able to continue with the blog. The Internet connection has been very poor and most nights I can't get into the travelpod website. It's been very frustrating. We have also been ...
May 21, 2012
Ngorongoro Crater/8th Wonder of the World
... many street vendors that we could get an idea how crazy this place might be during high season. After entering the Ngorongoro Conservation area we saw a couple of Baboons that showed little interest in leaving the road we were driving on. When we finally ...
Cruising the Crater
... mist rising from the crater. We drove down a very steep and winding road, past a park gate and into the conservation area. As we descended two cheetahs appeared ahead of the car through the mist. They were just wandering along the ...
Safari Day #9
... usual 6AM. We drove south to Lake Manyara, passing through the "Napa Valley" of Tanzania. The forest that lines the sides of the Ngorongoro Crater releases rail water slowly throughout the year and is a critical watershed for the farm lands ...
Ngorogoro Crater
Sunday, 24 July Today we left early for the Tanzania border and the long drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We had to bid farewell to Richard, our wonderful Kenyan driver, and the Toyota van in which we'd spent so much time. At the border, we ...
Beach Air tours
... ;lit bathrooms where absolute glamour and opulent interiors, ruby, gold and silver in colour, can be indulged in whilst taking in this memorable area that is the wildlife rich Ngorongoro Conservation Area. all this organised by www.beachairtours.com ...
More from Tanzania
... nbsp; (Sort of like the robber barrons of old or the oil elite of our day). The Masai came into this Ngorongoro Crater area and finding the Iraku already here began to burn and pillage and confiscate the cows (and goats) which the Iraku believed ...
Exploring the Ngorongoro Crater
Today was another fairly early start, with a 7:30am departure. To get into the crater, we had to drive down steep and bumpy roads in our safari vehicles. On the way down, we saw our first animal -- a cheetah! On the drive, I also began to realize just ...
Whoooaa Africa!
... ; It is absolutely the most amazing thing by far being here, and we cant wait to see more! Tomorrow we head off to Ngorongoro crater, which looks amazing again! Will try and put some photos on here, but the connection is very weak so may only ...
Marlin Perkins has got NOTHING on me!
... the Land Rover and into the Ngorogoro Crater. What is the crater? Well, it is a massive caldera, or collapsed volcano. A huge area with a big lake at the bottom surrounded by a large circular mountain ridge. As we climb into the Range Rover, the ...
slowwww connections..30 m to get to this web space
Traveling from Arusha toward the Ngorongoro Crater we passed close by family residences and scenes of every day life and travel. Seussian Babobabs, leafless in this dry season, reach their tendriled branches beseachingly upward as if in ...
Animal overload
... than I could ever have asked for!! Anyone who has the opportunity to go, really should. Of all the places I have been to, I think that Tanzania is one of my fav :O) It’s quite crazy, that for one of the best days i have written so little, but check ...
Into the crater
We woke up extra early (again) and had breakfast for 6am, leaving our campsite at 6.30 to head down into Ngorongoro Crater. It was very misty in the morning and cold, but we still drove down with the 4WD roof off. Driving down into the crater was like ...