Trip Report: January 24 to February 9

Arusha - Lake Natron - Gol Mountains - Serengeti National Park - Ndutu - Ngorongoro
Crater - Lake Eyasi - Lake Manyara National Park - Tarangire National Park

Highlights:

- View from Lake Natron of Mount Lengai erupting at dusk, spewing ash and jagged lights.
- Hikes to the waterfalls at Lake Natron.
- Sundowners on "Baboon Hill" at Lake Natron.
- Drive up the rift escarpment in an open vehicle from Lake Natron.
- The arrival of mega-herds of wildebeest in the Gol Mountains.
- Looking for wild dogs in the Gol Mountains.
- Chance invitation to a Maasai women's fertility ceremony in the Gol Mountains.
- Ostrich daycare sighting in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
- "Sheila's Performing Elephant" in the Serengeti.
- Newly born hippo on its mother's back in the Central Serengeti.
- Cheetah mother and her four sub-adult offspring in Ndutu.
- Driver/guide Elisa's inspired sighting of a Serval cat sleeping under a tree in Ndutu.
- Birds of prey at Lake Masek, Ndutu.
- Last sighting of the day at Ndutu, a leopard.
- More mega-herds of wildebeest in Naabi Hill.
- The Naabai Hill lion pride.
- Birds at Lake Eyasi's Kisima Ngede Camp.
- Hunting with the Hadza at Lake Eyasi.
- The monthly market at Lake Eyasi.
- Rhino sightings in the Ngorongoro Crater.
- Our very own Battle of Kruger in the crater between a lion pride and a buffalo herd - the buffalo win!
- Night safari in Lake Manyara.

28-07-2008