Trip Report: January 11 to 23

Arusha - Lake Natron - Lake Manyara National Park -
Ngorongoro Crater – Ndutu - Gol Mountains - Arusha

Highlights:

- Yoga with Stacia.
- View of Mount Lengai from Lake Natron, erupting.
- Hike to the waterfalls at Lake Natron.
- A touching elephant encounter in Lake Manyara.
- A grey heron eating a green snake in Ngorongoro Crater.
- Two cheetahs hunting in the Ngorongoro Crater.
- Rhinos in the crater.
- Old bull elephant in camp in Ndutu.
- Lions hunting in Ndutu.
- Cheetah mother and her four sub-adult cubs in Ndutu.
- Wildebeest running off a solitary cheetah male in Ndutu.
- Lioness in Gol Kopjes coaxing her three cubs down from the rocks.
- Cheetah mother and her four sub-adult cubs in the Gol Kopjes.
- Wildebeest herds in the Gol Mountains.
- Hiking the Ngorika Plateau in the Gol Mountains.
- Zebra feeding around the tents at night in the Gol Mountains.
- Gol Mountains badger sighting.
- Countless sunrises and sunsets.
- Perfect view of Mount Kilimanjaro on the way to the airport.

28-07-2008