We bless the rains down in Africa, gunna take some time...

[bPeteb]

picnic lunch at a very busy picnic area, including a coffee truck!



We chuckled at some people sitting at a picnic table laid with a tablecloth and getting served a three course meal, including wine. The wind was howling and that tablecloth so wanted to fly off into the hippo populated swamp. The over the top lunches were to become an ongoing sight


bAlt had became fixated on baby zebras quite early on in the trip and this manifested itself here. I post just one image of the 6,329,309 pictures that he took of them


lots of buffalo


hyena is the only popualtion that they control. If the population gets to high they impact the ability of lions to get a meal

crown cranes and their chicks. Very cute. We saw a few pairs with two checks as we journied towards the road up and out of the crater


hamerkop


one way road in and one way road out


the look out on the edge of the rim


unlike most of the places we've been to so far, we won't be back


thriving Rhotia. Tonight's digs are just out the other side of the town

 

[bPeteb]

What a unexpected surprise Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge was. It was really really nice


instead of tents we found ourselves in the best two of the eight solid structure rooms


the view from our verandah back towards the crater


in case a baboon comes in and tries to attack us


our rooms beside each other on the upper floor


main camp building - viewing lounge upper level, restaurant/bar/reception lower level


the standalone 'viewing deck', down a path below the pool, that was so much more than a deck


inside the main building




the upper viewing lounge




and dinnert hat was a fixed menu and was very nice


day 12, done